Red Star,0328549,T-34 Driver,20th Tank Brigade,Rzhev Salient,August 1942

[patricko]

Record card

Order booklet nr. B-993104

1. Last name: Odaryuk
2. First name and patronymic: Ivan Yakovlevich
3. Military rank: Master Sergeant
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1919
6. Place of birth: Petrenki farm, Dikanka Raion, Poltava Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Not a member
8. Education: Elementary
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Soviet Army: From September 1938 to January 1946
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position at the time of the award: Tank mechanic-driver in the 22nd Guards Tank Brigade, 5th Guards Tank Corps
12. Current place of service and position: Unemployed; disabled of the 2nd category
13. Home address of the awardee: Petrenki farm, Dikanka Raion, Poltava Oblast
14. Record of all awards presented:


Order of the Red Star 328549 Order booklet nr. 993104 Order of the Western Front nr. 01005/N of September 17, 1942

Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class 303801 Order booklet nr. 993104 Order of the 5th Guards Tank Corps nr. 021/N of April 16, 1945

Medal for the Victory over Germany Unnumbered Medal certificate nr. Sh-0086171 Decree of May 9, 1945

Medal for the Victory over Japan Unnumbered Medal certificate nr. D-347647 Decree of September 30, 1945

Medal for the Capture of Budapest Unnumbered Medal certificate nr. A-168828 Decree of June 9, 1945

Medal for the Capture of Vienna Unnumbered Medal certificate nr. A-241056 Decree of June 9, 1945

Medal for the Liberation of Prague Unnumbered Medal certificate nr. 142554 Decree of June 9, 1945

Medal for 20 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War Unnumbered Medal certificate nr. A-9220378 Decree of May 7, 1965

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

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

Military commissar of the Brovary Raion
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] / Gapeyev /
December 10, 1967

[patricko]

Award sheet

Last name, first name and patronymic: Odaryuk, Ivan Yakovlevich
Military rank: Senior Sergeant
Position and unit: Mechanic-driver of a T-34 tank in the 136th Tank Battalion, 20th Tank Brigade
Nominated for: Order of the Red Banner
1. Year of birth: 1919
2. Nationality: Ukrainian
3. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1939
4. Party affiliation: Candidate member of the Communist Party
5. Participation in combat (where and when): At the front during the Patriotic War since June 1941
6. Wounds and contusions received: Sustained two wounds
7. Which awards received previously (for which merits): None
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Dikanka Raion, Poltava 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 with the German invaders in the period from August 4 to 8 of this year, comrade Odaryuk showed himself a brave and fearless soldier, relentless toward the enemies of the socialist motherland.

Skillfully maneuvring his tank, he battered down and aided in the destruction of the German invaders and their materiel.

In the process he destroyed 1 anti-tank gun and one medium gun.

Defying death, comrade Odaryuk didn’t abandon his tank, which had been set on fire by a German shell. Despite the burns he sustained he evacuated the severely wounded tank commander and the turret commander out of the burning tank.

He deserves the Order of the Red Banner.


Commander of the 136th Tank Battalion
Captain [signed] / Medvedev /

Commissar of the 136th Tank Battalion
Senior Political Officer [signed] / Dobrin /
August 16, 1942



He deserves the Order of the Red Banner.

Commander of the 20th Tank Brigade
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] / Konstantinov /

Commissar of the 20th Tank Brigade
Senior Battalion Commissar [signed] / Chernov /
August 16, 1942



He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 20th Army
Lieutenant General [signed] / Reiter /

Member of the Military Council
Divisional Commissar [signed] / Kulikov /
August 26, 1942

[patricko]

Одарюк, Иван Яковлевич ' ORS

[desantnik]

Nice citation and piece!

[marsino]

:thumbsup

[Bill Garvy]

Patrick, this is one of the nicest documented Red Stars I have ever seen; nice find and addition to your collection! I am especially fond of this type and variation. Thank you for sharing it with us. . .

[patricko]

Thank you, gentlemen, for your appreciations ! Besides being a really nice citation, what surprised me the most was the date of awarding. For an ORS 300K, I would have expected (with the help of Paul's "Echoes" ! ;)) mid or end 1943 ... not summer 1942 !

Patrick