Red Star,0619573,Medic,944th Rifle Regiment,259th Artyomovsk Rifle Division

[Tommy]

Record card  

Record card   Order booklet nr. A-581568  

1. Last name: Lakizo
2. First name and patronymic: Yuri Mikhailovich
3. Military rank: No rank
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1924
6. Place of birth: City of Krivoi Rog
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Komsomol since 1944
8. Education: Secondary
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From September 1943 through June 1946
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Senior medic in the 944th Rifle Regiment, 259th Rifle Division
12. Current place of service and position: Student at Lvov Medical Institute
13. Home address of the awardee: 10 Solodovaya Street, apartment 52, city of Lvov  
14. Record of all awards received:  


Name of the order or medal Serial number Number of the document Ground of award

Order of the Red Star 619573 Temporary certificate nr. B-389435 Order of the 259th Rifle Division nr. 16/N of May 8, 1944
Medal for Courage 2014453 D-803573 Order of the 259th Rifle Division nr. 33/N of September 6, 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 Stalin Raion Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Koshchavka/ May 16, 1947

[Tommy]

Order  

Secret

Copy nr. 2  
[Pencil: 3rd Ukrainian Front; February 22, 1945]  

Order   Of the 259th Artyomovsk Rifle Division, 3rd Ukrainian Front  

May 8, 1944 - Nr. 16/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 valor and bravery displayed in the process, I award:   The Order of the Red Star to:
  […]

  3. Private Yuri Mikhailovich Lakiza, medical platoon leader in the 2nd Rifle Battalion of the 944th Rifle Regiment

  […]  

Commander of the 259th Artyomovsk Rifle Division Major General [signed] /Vlasenko/  

Chief of staff of the 259th Artyomovsk Rifle Division Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Petrov/

[Tommy]

  Award sheet

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Lakiza, Yuri Mikhailovich
2. Rank: Private
3. Position and unit: Medical platoon leader in the 2nd Rifle Battalion of the 944th Rifle Regiment, 259th Artyomovsk Rifle Division Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1924
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party affiliation: Not a member
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): On the Southwestern Front from September 1943 through October 1943, on the 4th Ukrainian Front from October 1943 through February 1944, and on the 3rd Ukrainian Front since February 1944
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since September 1943
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the city of Zaporozhe
11. Awards received previously: None
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 combat operations that started on April 14, 1944 and were aimed at expanding the bridgehead near the village of Olăneşti on the right shore of the Dniester River, comrade Lakiza carried 45 wounded soldiers and their weapons from the battlefield, despite withering enemy machine-gun and mortar fire.  

For bravery and courage displayed on the battlefield I apply for comrade Lakiza to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.  

Commander of the 944th Rifle Regiment Guards Lieutenant Colonel
[signed] /Korenysov/ April 23, 1944      

I award the Order of the Red Star.   Commander of the 259th Artyomovsk Rifle Division Major General [signed] /Vlasenko/ April 30, 1944

[Tommy]

Here it is:





Thank you Auke for all your help!


Tom

[Auke]

The village still exists by the same name:

46.495556,29.918056 - Google Maps

[Al-muell]

Why does his record card say "no rank" if he was a private?

[Rogi]

Could it be that he didn't hold any military rank at the time?

Its a pretty amazing medical award :)

Thank you for posting :)

[Tommy]

His service seems to have run from 1943 - 1946 and his record card was verified in 1947 while he was a student at the Lvov medical institute, would this explain the "no rank"?

Cheers,

Tom