For Bravery,2260642,Loader,150th Cannon-Artillery Brigade,Fischhausen

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Here is the Medal "For Bravery" #2260642.

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1. Family, Tarasenko
2. Name And Patronym, Ivan Nikolaevich
3. Military Rank, Corporal
4. Sex, Male
5. Year Of Birth, 1910
6. Place Of Birth, Poltava Oblast, Mirgorod Region, Solontsy
7. Party Membership, Non-Partisan
8. Education, None
9. Nationality, Ukrainian
10. From Which Year In Red Army, From June 1941 to November 1945
11. Which Service And Position At Time Of Award, 150th Cannon-Artillery Brigade, 1095th Cannon-Artillery Regiment Corporal-Loader.
12. Place Of Service And Position At Current Time, Collective Farm Dawn Of Communism Collective Farmer
13. Current address of awarded, Poltava Oblast, Mirgorod Region, Solontsy

For Bravery 1149316 27-04-1944
For Combat Merits 2425333 29-04-1945
For Bravery 2260642 21-06-1945

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1. Family, Name, Patronym. Tarasenko, Ivan Nikolaevich
2. Rank. Corporal
3. Position and unit. Loader, 7th Battery, 150th Artillery-Cannon Army Sevastopol Order Kutuzov And Order Suvurov 2nd Class Brigade
Presented For The Medal "For Bravery".
4. Year of birth. 1910
5. Nationality. Ukrainian
6. Party Membership. Non-Partisan
7. Participation in the Civil War, subsequent military activity in defence of the USSR and Patriotic War /where, when/ In the Patriotic War from 8th July 1941.
8. Has been wounded, contused in Patriotic War. Wounded 1 Time 14th July 1941 near Mogilev
9. From which time in Red Army. 24th June 1941
10. Which Regional Military Commissariat called. Mirogorod Regional Commissariat, Poltava Oblast
11. Has received awards (for which distinction). Medal "For The Defence Of Stalingrad", Medal For Bravery", Medal "For Combat Merits".

Comrade Tarasenko has worked in the capacity of loader showing himself to be an experienced, skilful, brave fighter. 13th April 1945 in battle for Kumehnen the gun of Comrade Tarasenko suppressed two enemy batteries.
16th April 1945 in battle for Fischhausen under heavy enemy artillery fire his gun lead fire on the forward area of the enemy besides his gun destroyed up to 70 enemy soldiers.
24th April 1945 in battle for Pillau the gun of Comrade Tarasenko destroyed an enemy gun standing in direct lay.

Commander of 3rd Battalion
150th Sevastopol Army Machinegun-Cannon Brigade
Major Tischenko
19th June 1945