Award sheet
[Pencil: “Is serving”, stamps: “Transbaikal Military District”, “Order of Glory, 3rd Class”]
1. Last name, first name and patronymic:
Potemkin, Panteleimon Afanasevich
2. Rank:
Career Master Sergeant [Pencil: “Cadre”]
3. Duty position and unit: Medic with the 439th Military Construction (Vehicle Transport) Detachment, 238th Department for Engineering Work. Former squad commander in the 841st Rifle Regiment
Nominated for:
Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1920
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
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):
With the Western Front from June 22 to October 1941, with the 1st Ukrainian Front from October 7, 1943 to November 1, 1943
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Severely wounded on November 1, 1943
9. Since when in the Soviet Army:
From September 1940 to October 1, 1941, from October 1, 1943 to November 9, 1945 and since May 23, 1952
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Piryatin Raion, Poltava Oblast
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits):
Medal for the Victory over Germany in 1945, Jubilee Medal for 40 Years of Soviet Armed Forces in 1958, Medal for Irreproachable Service, 3rd Class in 1960
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: Military settlement of military unit nr. 21792
Short, concrete description of the personal combat feat or merits:
Career Master Sergeant P.A. Potemkin served at the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. During the period between June and October 1941 he participated in combat with the 141st Howitzer Artillery Regiment, 55th Rifle Division, Western Front as a clerk.
From October to November 1943 he served with the 841st Rifle Regiment, 1st Ukrainian Front as a squad commander. Serving as squad commander in the 841st Rifle Regiment during the fighting for the town of Kanev on November 1, 1943, he was severely wounded in his right heel, due to which he was in an evacuation hospital in the city of Baku from November 1, 1943 to February 29, 1944.
During the fighting for the motherland he displayed courage and bravery. After the war Master Sergeant P.A. Potemkin continued serving in the Soviet Army cadre, showing himself a responsive and disciplined soldier. He skilfully passes on his combat experience to his subordinates. He possesses good organizational skills.
As a medic he continuously shows concern for maintaining the health of the men.
Conclusion: for distinction in combat, displayed during the Great Patriotic War, he deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the 439th Military Construction (Vehicle Transport) Detachment
Major of Technical Service [signed] /Bokov/
March 23, 1965
For courage and bravery, displayed during the Great Patriotic War, he deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Head of the 238th Department for Engineering Work
Colonel of Engineering [signed] /Babenko/
March 22, 1965
Reviewed at a session of the district’s Military Council.
For courage and bravery, displayed during the fighting with the German-fascist invaders, he deserves to be awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd Class. Log sheet nr. 8 of April 7, 1965.
Commander of the Transbaikal Military District
Colonel General [signed] /Alekseyev/
April 7, 1965
Attachment to the award sheet of Career Master Sergeant P.A. Potemkin
For distinction in combat, displayed during the Great Patriotic War, he deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Head of the Construction Department of the Transbaikal Military District
Colonel [signed] /Borisevich/
March 27, 1965
For distinction in combat, displayed during the Great Patriotic War, he deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Deputy Commander of the Transbaikal Military District for construction and troops accommodation
Colonel of Engineering [signed] /Popov/
March 29, 1965
