Award sheet
1. Last name, first name and patronymic:
Korneichuk, Ignaty Samoilovich
2. Rank: Private
3. Duty position and unit:
Sapper in the 2nd Sapper Company of the 343rd Independent Sapper Battalion, 316th Temryuk Red Banner Rifle Division
Nominated for:
Order of the Red Banner
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 Southern Front from June 22, 1941 to December 12, 1942; with the 1st Ukrainian Front from May 17, 1944 to October 10, 1944; with the 2nd Ukrainian Front since October 22, 1944
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Lightly wounded on August 4 near Dobromil
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since October 29, 1940
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Gritsev Raion, Kamenets-Podolsky Oblast
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): None
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: Village of Malo-Matseyevichi, Gritsev Raion, Kamenets-Podolsky Oblast. Wife: Galina Stepanovna Korneichuk
Short, concrete description of the personal combat feat or merits:
During the night from December 4 to December 5, 1944, Private Ignaty Samoilovich Korneichuk was among the first to cross the Danube River near the village of Mariaháza (15 kilometers south of the city of Budapest) in a motorboat under heavy enemy machine gun and artillery fire.
On its way back the motorboat was damaged by shrapnel. The boat quickly flooded with water, but thanks to Private Korneichuk’s resourcefulness and decisive measures the motorboat was saved.
On the shore Private Korneichuk quickly repaired the motorboat and before dawn of December 5 he carried out five trips under enemy machine gun and artillery fire, ferrying 50 soldiers and officers across the river.
In the course of December 5 and 6, 1944, under artillery fire and machine gun fire from enemy aircraft, Private Korneichuk ferried 60 soldiers and officers of the 99th Rifle Division across the river and on his way back put across 20 wounded soldiers and officers. He also ferried 60 cases of ammunition across the river for the units that had disembarked.
Private Korneichuk is a brave soldier who deserves the Order of the Red Banner.
Commander of the 343rd Independent Rifle Battalion
Major [signed] /Tolstopyatov/
December 10, 1944
He deserves the Order of the Red Banner.
Commander of the 316th Temryuk Red Banner Rifle Division
Colonel [signed] /Yermolayev/
December 13, 1944
He deserves the Order of the Red Banner.
Commander of the 23rd Rifle Corps
Major General [signed] /Grigorovich/
December 15, 1944
By Order of the 46th Army nr. 02/N of January 9, 1945 awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
Assistant chief of the 2nd Section of the Personnel Section of the 46th Army
Senior Lieutenant [signed] /Dmitriyev/
