1. Last name: Danilkin
2. First name and patronymic: Anatoly Nazarovich
3. Military rank: Senior Lieutenant
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1922
6. Place of birth: Village of Unenker, Shilka Raion, Chita Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since March 1943
8. Education: Secondary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From October, 1941 through October, 1944
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Submachine-gun company commander in the 138th Red Banner Guards Rifle Regiment, 48th Krivoi Rog Red Banner Order of Suvorov Guards Rifle Division
12. Current place of service and position: Head of the Culture and Education Section of the Executive Committee of the Karymskoye Raion, village of Karymskoye, Chita Oblast
13. Home address of the awardee: 75 Verkhnyaya Street, village of Karymskoye
14. List of all awards received:
Name of the order or medal/Serial number/Number of the document/Ground of award
Order of the Red Star 162725 Temporary certificate nr. 609668
Order of the 48th Guards Rifle Division nr. 015/N of April 20th, 1943
Order of the Red Star 411771 Temporary certificate nr. 534745
Order of the 57th Army nr. 088/N of August 14th, 1943
Order of Alexander Nevsky 10658 Temporary certificate nr. 763417 Order of the 70th Army nr. 0125 of September 10th, 1944
Signature of the awardee: [signed]
I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):
Military commissar of the Karymskoye Raion
Captain [signed] /Rudchenko/
March 14th, 1946
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12-02-2013, 02:05 AM (This post was last modified: 12-02-2013, 03:13 AM by Bill Garvy.)
[SIZE="3"]Order
Secret
Copy nr. 2
Order
Of the 48th Guards Rifle Division
April 20th, 1943 – Nr. 015/N – Active Army
On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for the exemplary accomplishment of combat missions in the struggle with the German invaders and the valour and bravery displayed in the process, I award:
The Order of the Red Star to:
1. Guards Junior Lieutenant Anatoly Nazarovich Danilkin, Platoon Leader in a Mortar Company of the 138th Guards Rifle Regiment
[…]
Commander of the 48th Guards Rifle Division
Guards Major General [signed] /Makovchuk/
Divisional chief of staff
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Yachmenkov/
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12-02-2013, 02:07 AM (This post was last modified: 12-02-2013, 03:15 AM by Bill Garvy.)
[SIZE="3"]Award sheet
All fields to be filled out fully
[Pen note: Danilkin, Red Banner]
[Pencil note: Red Star]
Award sheet
1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: Danilkin, Anatoly Nazarovich
2. Rank: Guards Junior Lieutenant
3. Position and unit: Platoon leader in a mortar company of the 3rd Rifle Battalion, 138th Guards Rifle Regiment, 48th Guards Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of the Red Banner
4. Year of birth: 1922
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Komsomol
7. Participation in the Civil War and the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR (where and when): In the Patriotic War, serving on the Western Front since July 30th, 1942 and the Voronezh Front since January 10th, 1943
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Wounded
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since October, 1941
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Karymskoye Raion, Chita Oblast
11. Awards received previously (for which merits): None
12. Permanent home address (of the prospective awardee or his family): Field post nr. 1630, unit nr. 048 _______________
Short, concrete description of his feat of arms or merits:
During the fighting at Kharkov and in the village of Nikitovka in the Voronezh Oblast he showed himself a bold and strong-willed commander with fine organizational skills. On orders from regimental command he repeatedly went on reconnaissance missions and obtained necessary operational intelligence about the enemy. Comrade Danilkin’s personal tally comprises 12 Hitlerites killed, including 2 officers. During all battles comrade Danilkin inspired the men of his company by personal example to fight.
Commander of the 138th Guards Rifle Regiment
Guards Major [signed] /Gorelov/
February 26th, 1943
I award the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the 48th Guards Rifle Division
Guards Major General [signed] /Makovchuk/
April 16th, 1943
1st Belorussian Front, 70th Army Order 0125/N dated 10th September, 1944
On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet USSR, I award the following decorations to 48 Guards Krivorog Red Banner Division personnel for exemplary accomplishment of the Command’s missions in the struggle against the German invaders and for having displayed valor and bravery:
1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Danilkin, Anatoliii Nazarovich
2. Rank: Senior Lieutenant
3. Duty position: Submachinegun Company Commander – 138th Guards Rifle Regiment, 48th Guards Krivorog Rifle Division
Recommendation for the Order of the Patriotic War I Class
4. Born: 1922
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party membership: yes
7. Previous combat: Western Front 30.07 – 20.09.41, Voronezh Front 10.01-1.08.43, Steppe Front 12.08.43-7.04.44, 1 Belorussian Front since 1.06.44
8. Wounds or shell-shock: wounded 23.08.42 and 28.02.43
9. In Red Army: since 25.10.41
10. Inducted by: Karymskii Regional Military Commissariat, Chitinskaya Oblast
11. Previous awards: Red Star from 48GdsRD dated 20.04.43 and Red Star from 57th Army dated 10.10.43
12. Home of record: [trans: entry intentionally obscured]
Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment
Commanding a company since 13th August, 1944 during the First Belorussian Front’s fighting and with an especially fierce set of engagements since 18th August, 1944, his company executed a sudden blow against the enemy left flank then advanced to a road, threatening to encircle the Hitlerites along the Kury-Khoshevo line, destroying 32 enemy soldiers, and capturing a prisoner.
On 24th August, 1944 he closed a seam of our defense and repelled three Hitlerite counterattacks, killing 13 soldiers.
On 25th August, 1944 while riding upon tanks in an assault, he penetrated four kilometers deep into the enemy rear, occupied the population area of Dombruvka, and when the tanks entered into combat with counterattacking enemy tanks and Ferdinand self-propelled guns, Danilkin’s company occupied the defense and repelled three enemy counterattacks of numerically superior Hitlerites, during which time he destroyed 37 German submachinegunners and held the occupied line until the advance of our rifle and artillery small units.
For exhibited bravery, valor, and capable company command, he is deserving of the Order of the Patriotic War I Class.
Signed Commander, 138 Guards Order of the Red Banner Rifle Regiment, Guards Lieutenant Colonel Varypaev on 27th August, 1944
Endorsed Commander, 48 Guards Krivorog Red Banner Rifle Division, Guards General-Major Korchikov on 27th August, 1944
Recommended upgrade to the Order of Alexander Nevsky, Commander, 96 Brest Rifle Corps, General-Lieutenant Chanyshev on 31st August, 1944
Awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky by 70th Army, Order 0125 dated 10.9.44. Signed Deputy Chief, 2nd Section, Personnel Department, Captain of Administrative Services (?)
[trans: handwritten “2nd Ukrainian Front 30.5.44” with other administrative data]
SECRET
57th Army Order 885/N dated 14th October, 1943
On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet USSR, I award the following decorations for exemplary accomplishment of the Command’s missions in the struggle against the German invaders and for having displayed valor and bravery:
Signed 57th Army Commander, Guards General-Lieutenant Gagen, Member of the Military Committee, Guards General-Major Goncharov, Chief of Staff General-Major Vanpukhin(?), and Chief of Personnel, Lieutenant Colonel Polkov
12-04-2013, 05:37 PM (This post was last modified: 12-07-2013, 05:06 PM by Bill Garvy.)
[SIZE="3"]Award Sheet
1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Danilkin, Anatolii Lazarovich
2. Rank: Guards Lieutenant
3. Duty position: Commander’s Adjutant – 138th Guards Rifle Regiment, 48th Guards Rifle Division
Recommendation for the Order of the Patriotic War II Class
4. Born: 1922
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party membership: Comsomol
7. Previous combat: Western Front 19.08.42-19.09.42, SW Front 10.01.43-15.03.43, and Steppe Front since 10.08.43
8. Wounds or shell-shock: wounded 10.01.1943
9. In Red Army: since 25.10.1941
10. Inducted by: Karym Regional Military Commissariat, Chitinskaya Oblast
11. Previous awards: Red Star 48th Guards Rifle Division 20.4.43
12. Home of record: [trans: entry intentionally obscured]
Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment
During the period of fighting beginning 12.08.43 Comrade Danilkin has proven himself a bold, motivated, and decisive officer.
During a vicious German counterattack by superior forces including tanks on 8th September, 1943, our regiment’s left neighbor was heavily engaged. Receiving the mission to reestablish our left flank, Comrade Danilkin led a group of four submachinegunners, stopped a retreating small unit, organized a defense, them forcefully led an attack with this unit resulting in the repulsion of the enemy and capture of Hill 187.2.
That day Comrade Danilkin fulfilled another order in a brilliant fashion – to disrupt a group of Germans attempting to flank our right neighbor. To accomplish this task Lieutenant Danilkin took a company of submachinegunners and three PTR anti-tank men. He quickly led the group to the enemy flank and with a sudden strike repelled the enemy to their assault position, destroying an enemy cannon preventing our advance and as many as ten German submachinegunners, resulting in the successful repulsion of the Hitlerites’ counterattacks.
Comrade A.N. Danilkin is deserving of the Order of the Patriotic War II Class.
Signed Commander, 138th Guards Rifle Regiment, Guards Major Budnitskii on 13th September, 1943
Recommended downgrade to Order of the Red Star by 57th Army Commander of Artillery, Guards General-Lieutenant Gagen and Guards General-Major Bocharov on (?) October, 1943
Awarded the Order of the Red Star by 57th Army Commander Order 088 dated 14.10.43. Signed Chief, 2nd Section Army Personnel, Captain Astakhov on 29th October, 1943.
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