Award Sheet
1. Last name, first name and patronymic:
Dudchenko, Lev Mitrofanovich
2. Rank: Corporal
3. Duty position and unit: Gun Crew Member – 6 Battery, 2 Battalion, 900 Artillery Regiment, 339 Taman-Brandenburg Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov Rifle Division, 16 Rifle Corps, 33 Army, 1 Belorussian Front
Nominated for: the Order of Glory III Class
4. Year of birth: 1907
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party membership: candidate member since 1945
7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): since 15.7.42 on the Northern Caucasus Front, Independent Coastal Army, and 1 Belorussian Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: light wound in hand 11.1.43 at (?)skaya, medium wound in leg 21.9.43 in Anapa, light wound in hand 8.3.44 in Kerch, light wound in shoulder 20.3.44 in Kerch
9. Since when in the Red Army: since 30.5.42
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Pyatigorsk Municipal Military Commissariat, Stavropol Krai
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): n/a
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: Poltava Oblast, Nizhnemlinskii Selsovet, village of Chumtseli; wife – Evdokiya Mikhailovich Dudchenko
Short, concrete description of the personal combat feat or merits
In fighting to expand the bridgehead, Corporal Dudchenko displayed valor and courage.
On 31.3.45 while firing on enemy trenches near the bridgehead, Comrade Dudchenko and his crew destroyed three enemy heavy machineguns. On 3.4.45 during an enemy attack supported by armor the enemy attacked our infantry units on the bridgehead, however the sixth battery’s fire repelled the enemy counterattack. In the engagement Comrade Dudchenko’s gun disabled two enemy tanks.
In the course of further fighting on 16.4.45 Comrade Dudchenko’s gun destroyed two enemy bunkers and a heavy machinegun, permitting our infantry to clear out the area and accomplish its assigned mission. Comrade Dudchenko is deserving of the Order of Glory III Class.
Signed, Commander, 900 Artillery Regiment, Major Panashkin on 25.4.45
Endorsed Artillery Commander, 339 Taman-Brandenburg Red Banner Order of Suvorov Rifle Division, Guards Colonel Khmelevoi on 30 April 1945
Endorsed Commander, 339 Taman-Brandenburg Red Banner Order of Suvorov Rifle Division, Guards Colonel Vasilenko on 30 April 1945
Awarded the Order of Glory III Class by Order 8/N of the 339 Rifle Division dated 30.4.45 and verified by Chief of Personnel Administrative Services Captain Tokarev
