Glory III,076716,Squad Leader,54th Guards Rifle Regiment,19th Guards Rifle Division

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Record card

Order booklet nr. B-305592

1. Last name: Kosarenko
2. First name and patronymic: Grigory Petrovich
3. Military rank: Guards Master Sergeant
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1910
6. Place of birth: Village of Voznesenskoye, Zolotonosha Raion, Poltava Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Not a party member
8. Education: 3 classes
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From 1942 to 1946
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position at the time of the award: Squad leader in the 54th Guards Rifle Regiment, 19th Guards Rifle Division
12. Current place of service and position: Tractor driver at the Palmirskaya Machine and Tractor Station, Zolotonosha Raion
13. Home address of the awardee: Village of Veliky Khutor, Zolotonosha Raion, Poltava Oblast
14. Record of all awards presented:

Medal for Bravery 1182744 Temporary certificate nr. V-001261 Order of the 54th Guards Rifle Regiment nr. 0182/N of June 29, 1944

Order of Glory, 3rd Class 76716 Temporary certificate nr. V-001208 Order of the 19th Guards Rifle Division nr. 054/N of August 17, 1944

Medal for Bravery 1601090 Temporary certificate nr. G-208013 Order of the 54th Guards Rifle Regiment nr. 0257 of October 8, 1944

Medal for Combat Merit 2673237 Temporary certificate nr. V-875434 Order of the 54th Guards Rifle Regiment nr. 036/N of October 20, 1945

Medal for the Victory over Germany - Permanent certificate nr. D-0389074 Decree of May 9, 1945

Medal for the Capture of Königsberg - Permanent certificate nr. A-208661 Decree of June 9, 1945

Medal for the Victory over Japan - Permanent certificate nr. V-105719 Decree of September 30, 1945


Signature of the awardee: [signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee:

Military commissar of the Zolotonosha Raion
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] / Rudnik /
July 9, 1947

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Award sheet

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Kosarenko, Grigory Pavlovich
2. Rank: Guards Junior Sergeant
3. Position and unit: Squad leader - machine gun company of the 54th Guards Rifle Regiment in the 19th Guards “Rudnya” Red Banner Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of Glory, 3rd Class
4. Year of birth: 1910
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party affiliation: Not a member
7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): He has been participating in combat during the Patriotic War since 1942 on the Kalinin, Western and 3rd Belorussian Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Severely wounded on August 30, 1943 on the Kalinin Front
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since March 24, 1942
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Novokolyansky Raion, Voronezh Oblast
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): Awarded the Medal for Bravery by Order of the 54th Guards Rifle Regiment nr. 0181 of June 29, 1944
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: Konevicha farm, Zolotonosha Raion, Poltava Oblast. Wife: Olga Nikolayevna Kosarenko

Short, concrete description of the personal combat feat or merits:

Guards Junior Sergeant Kosarenko showed himself a bold and brave guards machine gunner during the fighting to liberate Northern Belarus and Lithuania.

During combat near the village of Chimbary in the Lithuanian SSR, he aroused his squad to follow him and was the first to launch an attack at the enemy. During this battle comrade Kosarenko displayed exceptional and decisiveness and valour.

In hand-to-hand combat he personally killed 4 enemy soldiers using his machine gun and grenades.

He deserves to be awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.


Commander of the 54th Guards Rifle Regiment
Guards Colonel [signed] / Polevoi /
August 1, 1944



By Order of the 19th Guards Rifle Division nr. 054/N of August 17, 1944 awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.

Chief of the Personnel Section for personnel records of the 5th Guards Rifle Corps
Guards Major [signed] / Tamarin /
October 3, 1944

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Order

Secret
Copy nr. 1

Order

Of the 19th Guards “Rudnya” Red Banner Order of Suvorov Rifle Division

August 14, 1944 ¬ Nr. 054/N ¬ Active Army

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet USSR, for exemplary accomplishment of the Command’s combat missions in battle against the German invaders and for displaying valor and courage, I award:

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The Order of Glory, 3rd Class to:

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14. Guards Junior Sergeant Kosarenko Grigory Pavlovich, Squad leader in the machine gun company of the 54th Guards Rifle Regiment.

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Commander the 19th Guards “Rudnya” Red Banner Order of Suvorov Rifle Division
Guards Colonel [signed] / Bivinov /

Chief of staff of the Division
Guards Colonel [signed] / Viatisky (?) /

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Косаренко, Григорий Павлович ' OGIII

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Chimbary = Kimbariškis (Lithuania)

55° 38′ 16.80″ N 25° 50′ 42.00″ E