For Combat Merits,3027793,Gun Aimer,227th Separate Zenit-Artillery Section,Budapest

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Here is the Medal "For Combat Merits" #3027793.

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1. Family, Kostjanetskij
2. Name And Patronym, Ivan Semenovich
3. Military Rank, Private
4. Sex, Male
5. Year Of Birth, 1915
6. Place Of Birth, Kirovograd Oblast, Beradkov Region, Krasnyj Kut
7. Party Membership, Non-Partisan
8. Education, None
9. Nationality, Ukrainian
10. From Which Year In Red Army, From 1944 April to 1945 October
11. Which Service And Position At Time Of Award, 64th Rifle Corps, 227th Separate Zenit Artillery Division -Artillerist-Aimer
12. Place Of Service And Position At Current Time, Kirovograd Oblast, Adzham Region, Vysokoj-Bajrak Collective Farm Named Buddenyj - Collective Farmer
13. Current address of awarded, Kirovograd Oblast, Adzham Region, Vysokoj-Bajrak

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1. Family, Name, Patronym. Kostjanetskij, Ivan Semenovich
2. Rank. Red Army Soldier
3. Position and unit. Gun Aimer 227th Separate Order Bogdan Hmel'nitskij 3rd Class Zenit-Artillery Section
Presented For Medal "For Combat Merits"
4. Year of birth. 1915
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/ 15th February 1944 3rd Ukrainian Front to June 1945. From June 1945 57th Army to current time.
8. Has been wounded, contused in Patriotic War. Not Had.
9. From which time in Red Army. 1944.
10. Which Regional Military Commissariat called. Adzhamsk Regional Commissariat, Kirovograd Oblast
11. Has received awards (for which distinction). Not awarded

Red Army Soldier Kostjanetskij took part in the battles for the cities of Iași, Bacău, Roman, Bratislava, Komárno, Budapest. During the storm of Budapest with his crew Comrade Kostjanetskij knocked out an armoured car, destroyed 2 enemy fire emplacements and one observation point.

Worthy of the Governmental Award Medal "For Combat Merits".

Commander Of The Section Guards Major Mrukalo

7th October 1945