For Combat Merits,1562602,Commander Of The 135th Guards Tank Regiment,Long Service

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Here is the Medal "For Combat Merits" #1562602.

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1. Family, Kojchurenko
2. Name And Patronym, Andrej Aleksandrovich
3. Military Rank, Colonel
4. Sex, Male
5. Year Of Birth, 1911
6. Place Of Birth, Polshavsk Oblast, Gogolevsk (Shishak) Region, Shishak
7. Party Membership, Member KPSS - 1939
8. Education, Average
9. Nationality, Ukrainian
10. From Which Year In Red Army, 1933.
11. Which Service And Position At Time Of Award, 28th Mechanised Division, 135th Guards Tank Regiment - Regimental Commander
12. Place Of Service And Position At Current Time, 28th Mechanised Division, 135th Guards Tank Regiment - Regimental Commander
13. Current address of awarded, Simferopol', Sevastopol, 38 Apartment 12.

For Combat Merits 104349 21st November 1942
For Bravery 275467 5th June 1943
Patriotic War II 34134 6th October 1943
Red Banner 196180
Red Banner 243571
Patriotic War I 102414 16th September 1944
For Combat Merits 1562602 3rd November 1944
Red Star 2893447 20th June 1949
For Victory Over Germany
For The Capture Of Berlin
For The Liberation Of Warsaw
XXX Years Of Soviet Army And Navy
Red Banner 428964 5th November 1954

Note all Red Banners are first award.

Unfortunately the citation will have to wait until later.

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There is a bonus record card however.

It's really not difficult to find and post serial numbers of commanders in high positions. The information is an assistance to everyone.

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Here is a pair of photographs of the recipient.