Glory III,605391,Squad Commander,69th Rifle Regiment,273rd Rifle Division,Wounds

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Record card

Order booklet nr. A-953792
Date and place of issue of the order or medal

1. Last name: Derkunov
2. First name and patronymic: Grigory Kuzmich
3. Military rank: Private
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1911
6. Place of birth: Village of Petrovenki, Ivanovka Raion, Voroshilovgrad Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Not a party member
8. Education: Elementary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From August 1941 to March 1946
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and duty position at the time of the award: Squad commander in the 969th Rifle Regiment, 273rd Rifle Division
12. Current place of service and duty position: Foreman at a building for everyday use, Mine nr. 66, city of Sverdlovsk, Voroshilovgrad Oblast
13. Home address of the awardee: 68 Krutskaya Street, city of Sverdlovsk, Voroshilovgrad Oblast
14: Record of all awards presented:


Order of Glory, 3rd Class 605391 Order booklet nr. A-953792 Decree of August 6, 1946

Medal for Bravery 3655133 Order booklet nr. A-953792 Order of the 969th Rifle Regiment nr. 023/N of May 18, 1945

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

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

Military commissar of the Sverdlovsk Raion
Guards Colonel [signed] /Voroshin/
March 1956

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Award sheet

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Derkunov, Grigory Kuzmich
2. Rank: Sergeant
3. Duty position and unit: Squad commander in the 9th Rifle Company of the 69th Rifle Regiment, 273rd Rifle Division. Recovering in Evacuation Hospital nr. 2139 since June 30, 1945
Nominated for: Order of Glory, 3rd Class
4. Year of birth: 1911
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Not a party member
7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): Participated in the Patriotic War since October 7, 1941. With the 1st Ukrainian Front from April 1943 to March 18, 1945
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War (when, where and extent of the wound): Lightly wounded on October 7, 1941; lightly wounded on February 22, 1945; severely wounded on March 18, 1945
9. Since when in the Red Army: From August 20, 1941 to October 1941 and since March 18, 1943
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Sverdlovsk Raion, Sverdlovsk Oblast
11. Which earlier awards (by whose order and order date): None
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: _______________


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

Comrade G.K. Derkunov participated in the Great Patriotic War from March 18, 1943 to March 18, 1945. Taking active part in the struggle with the German-fascist invaders Comrade G.K. Derkunov received two light and one severe wound. As a result of his wound his left leg was amputated. As an active participant of the Great Patriotic War comrade G.K. Derkunov deserves the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.

Chief of Hospital nr. 2139
Major of Medical Service [signed] /Malkin/
September 15, 1945



He deserves the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.

Commander of the Kuban Military District
Colonel General [signed] /Kurochkin/

Member of the Military Council of the Kuban Military District
Guards Major General [signed] /Olenin/
September 24, 1945

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Деркунов, Григорий Кузьмич ' OGIII

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182nd Reserve Regiment
Secret
February 24, 1942
Nr. 0147

Secret
Copy nr. 1

To chief of the Main Formation Department, Central Bureau for Recording Personnel Losses of the Active Army

___ Implementation of Directive nr. OU/2/0340 of military unit nr. 1125 of February 21, 1942.

I hereby present the lists of personnel losses of the 182nd Army Reserve Rifle Regiment for the period of combat actions between August 10[?] and October 12, 1941.

Attachment: the aforementioned on 135 pages, only for the addressee

Chief of staff of the 182nd Army Reserve Rifle Regiment
Captain [signed] /Kelbas/

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1125. Derkunov, Grigory Kuzmich
Private
1911
Military Commissariat of the Ivanovka Raion
Missing in action on October 7, 1941
Village of Petrovenki, Ivanovka Raion, Voroshilovgrad Oblast

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People’s Commissariat of Defense
People’s Commissariat of Defense’s transfer point of the 6th Army
May 31, 1944
Nr. 0561

Secret
Copy nr. 2

To chief of the Record Department for Personnel Fatalities with the Rear Area Directorate of the Red Army, Moscow

I hereby send you the lists of former servicemen who returned from captivity or encirclements to the People’s Commissariat of Defense’s transfer point of the 6th Army in May 1944, totalling 623 people who had previously been considered missing in action.

Source: Instruction of UTA-6 January 11, 1944 nr. 019
Attachment: Lists

Chief of the People’s Commissariat of Defense’s transfer point of the 6th Army
Major [signed] /Yanovsky/

Chief of UPO [Personnel Records Department?]
Senior Lieutenant [signed] /Pankratov/

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Number: 135
Military rank: Private
Last name, first name and patronymic: Derkunov, Grigory Kuzmich
Year of birth: 1911
Party affiliation: Not a party member
Place of birth: Village of Petrovenki, Krasnyi Luch Raion, Voroshilovgrad Oblast
When drafted initially and by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Sverdlovsk Raion on August 20, 1941
Served in which unit, since when and until when ____: 182nd Rifle Regiment from August 20, 1941 to October 6, 1941
When and under which circumstances taken prisoner: Encircled at Berdyansk
Prisoner of war for how long: From October 6, 1941 to April 11, 1944
When drafted again and by which military commissariat: Segregated on May 3, 1944
Sent to which unit the 2nd time: 173rd Army Reserve Rifle Regiment, 6th Army
Does he have family members, who and where do they live: Mother: Zinaida Dmitriyevna, ________, Sverdlovsk Raion, Voroshilovgrad Oblast

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Citation for his "Bravery Medal"

Secret
Copy nr. 2

Order

Of the 969th Rifle Regiment, 273rd Bezhitsa Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Rifle Division

May 18, 1945 – Nr. 023/N – Active Army

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, I award:

The Bravery Medal to:

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7. Private Grigory Kuzmich Derkunov, squad commander in the 3rd Battalion, for the fact that he, during the assault on the city of Breslau, killed three Germans.

Born in 1911, Russian, not a party member, in the Patriotic War since December 1944, wounded on February 22, 1945, not decorated. In the Red Army since March 1944. Drafted by the Military Commissariat of the Sverdlovsk Raion, Voroshilovgrad Oblast, home address: _______________.

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Commander of the 969th Rifle Regiment
Major [signed] /Grabilin/

Chief of staff of the regiment
Major [signed] /Mokhov/