For Combat Merits,1145878,Loader,120mm Mortar Battery,371st Rifle Regiment

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Here is the Medal "For Combat Merits" #1145878.

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1. Family, Kuts
2. Name And Patronym, Nikolaj Andreevich
3. Military Rank, Senior Sergeant
4. Sex, Male
5. Year Of Birth, 1918
6. Place Of Birth, Zaporozh'e
7. Party Membership, Non-Partisan
8. Education, None
9. Nationality, Russian
10. From Which Year In Red Army, 1938
11. Which Service And Position At Time Of Award, 1st Belorussian Front 130th Rifle Division, 371st Rifle Regiment - Commander of a platoon.
12. Place Of Service And Position At Current Time, Zaphorozh'e, Oblast Industrial Construction - Hairdresser.
13. Current address of awarded, Zaphorozh'e, Warehouse #1

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Loader of a Battery of 120mm Mortars Senior Sergeant Kuts, Nikolaj Andreevich, for that, while in battle for the village of Vodopoj, Nikolaev Region, Nikolaev Oblast 26th March 1944 quickly loaded the mortar putting rapid fire on the enemy. While reflecting an enemy counter-attack his weapon destroyed an enemy machinegun point and five German Soldiers.
1918 Year of birth, Ukrainian, Member VLKSM from 1938, In the Red Army from 1941. Called to Zaporozh'e City Military Commissariat, Has one wound, In the Patriotic War from the month of June 1941. Has not been awarded.