Award sheet
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Award sheet
1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Meproshvili, Grigory Yefremovich
2. Rank: Private
3. Position and unit: Fuze setter for a 120-mm mortar in the 1227th Red Banner Order of Alexander Nevsky Rifle Regiment, 369th Karachev Red Banner Rifle Division Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1917
5. Nationality: Georgian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): In the Patriotic War since December 1942 on the 2nd Belorussian Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Wounded in October 1943
9. Since when in the Red Army: December 1942
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Semditsky Raion, Georgian SSR
11. Awards received previously (for which merits): Medal for Courage by Order nr. 048/N of June 3, 1944 and Medal for Courage by Order nr. 059/N of July 6, 1944
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: ______________
Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:
During the crossing of the Eastern and Western Oder Rivers on April 21, 1945 comrade Meproshvili, who was serving with the 4th mortar crew as a fuze setter, quickly and accurately set the mortar fuzes in accordance with submitted fire adjustments. His mortar crew destroyed 3 machine-gun positions, an anti-aircraft gun using direct lay, and no less than 15 Hitlerites, which enabled the successful crossing of the rivers. While beating off enemy counterattacks near the city of Hardt his mortar killed up to 15 German soldiers and officers.
He deserves the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the 1227th Red Banner Order of Alexander Nevsky Rifle Regiment Guards Lieutenant Colonel
[signed] /Morozov/ May 8, 1945
He deserves the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the Artillery of the 369th Karachev Red Banner Rifle Division Lieutenant Colonel
[signed] /Druzhinin/ May 10, 1945
He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star. Commander of the 369th Karachev Red Banner Rifle Division Guards Colonel
[signed] /Golubev/ May 11, 1945
By Order of the 369th Karachev Red Banner Rifle Division nr. 073/N of May 16, 1945 awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Assistant chief of staff of the Artillery of the 369th Karachev Red Banner Rifle Division Guards Senior Lieutenant
[signed] /Filippov/ May 25, 1945
