Red Star,0246037,Platoon Commander,76mm Gun Battery,40th Guards Rifle Regiment

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Order booklet nr. A-817096

1. Last name: Yakimenko
2. First name and patronymic: Boris Aleksandrovich
3. Military rank: Captain
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1919
6. Place of birth: Town of Semyonovka, Semyonovka Raion, Chernigov Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Not a party member
8. Education: Higher
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: Since July 1941
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and duty position at the time of the award: Battalion commander in the 921st Artillery Regiment
12. Current place of service and duty position: Platoon leader in the 266th Cadre Mortar Battalion
13. Home address of the awardee: Town of Semyonovka, Semyonovka Raion, Chernigov Oblast
14. Record of all awards presented:

Names of the orders and medals/Their numbers/Numbers of the documents/Ground of award
Order of the Red Star 246037 Temporary certificate nr. 1024262 Order of the 11th Rifle Division nr. 025/N of August 20, 1943

Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class 78143 Temporary certificate nr. G-319066 Order of the commander of the artillery of the 65th Army nr. 69/N of August 11, 1944

Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class 130883 Temporary certificate nr. D-732355 Order of the 105th Rifle Corps nr. 095/N of March 19, 1945

Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 Permanent certificate nr. V-0313245 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 9, 1945

Medal for the Liberation of Warsaw Permanent certificate nr. A-030566 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 9, 1945

Medal for Combat Merit Unnumbered Decree of November 19, 1951

Order of the Red Star 3476498 Decree of December 30, 1956

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

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

Chief of staff of the 266th Minsk Red Banner Order of Suvorov Mortar Battalion
[signed]
March 6, 1947
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[SIZE="3"]Award sheet

Last name, first name and patronymic: Yakimenko, Boris Aleksandrovich
Military rank: Guards Senior Lieutenant
Duty position and unit: Platoon leader in a 76 mm gun battery
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
1. Year of birth: 1919
2. Nationality: Ukrainian
3. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1941
4. Party affiliation: Not a party member
5. Participation in combat (where and when): He participated in the fighting for the villages of Seraya, Pochinok and Staritsa in the Oryol Oblast on July 12 and 13, 1943
6. Wounds and contusions received: No
7. Which earlier awards (for which merits): None
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Semyonovka Raion, Chernigov Oblast
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee or his family: _______________

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

During the fighting in February and March 1943 near the village of Poliki, comrade Yakimenko opened fire at enemy machine-gun positions with a German gun that was captured on the battlefield using direct lay from a distance of 500 meters, which enabled our infantry to advance forward. When the enemy launched a counterattack, supported by tanks, near the village of Bore, comrade Yakimenko led the firing of two 76 mm guns, as a result of which two enemy medium tanks were put out of action and up to a platoon of enemy infantry was killed.

On July 12, 1943, while breaking through the foremost enemy defense lines near the village of Seraya, comrade Yakimenko led the battalion’s artillery fire. Together with their artillery pieces the gun crews advanced with the infantry’s combat formations and from open positions opened fire at enemy machine-gun positions using direct lay. On July 18, 1943, during the offensive toward the village of Kudryavets, his platoon destroyed 1 enemy machine-gun position and 2 bunkers, and up to a platoon of enemy infantry was scattered and partially killed.

Comrade Yakimenko deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 40th Guards Red Banner Rifle Regiment
Guards Major [signed] /Gladkov/

Chief of staff
Guards Major [signed] /Yurikov/
July 28, 1943


He deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the artillery of the 11th Guards Red Banner Rifle Division
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Serov/
July 31, 1943


I award the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 11th Guards Red Banner Rifle Division
Guards Colonel [signed] /Maksimov/
August 20, 1943

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[SIZE="3"]Order

Secret
Copy nr. 2

Order

Of the 11th Guards Red Banner Rifle Division

August 20th, 1943 – Nr. 025/N – Active Army

(On awarding personnel)

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for exemplary accomplishment of the command’s combat missions in the struggle with the German invaders and the hereby displayed bravery and courage, I award:

The Order of the Red Star to:

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19. Senior Lieutenant Boris Aleksandrovich Yakimenko, Platoon Leader in a 76 mm Gun Battery of the 40th Guards Red Banner Rifle Division

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Commander of the 11th Guards Red Banner Rifle Division
Guards Colonel [signed] /Maksimov/

Chief of staff of the 11th Guards Red Banner Rifle Division
Guards Major [signed] /Goncharenko/

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Senior Lieutenant Boris Aleksandrovich Yakimenko's Order of the Red Star, #246037. . .