Red Star,1862371,76mm Gun Commander,162nd Guards Red Banner Rifle Regiment

[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Record card

Order booklet nr. 972965

1. Last name: Pyrsikov
2. First name and patronymic: Aleksei Mikhailovich
3. Military rank: Guards Junior Lieutenant
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1925
6. Place of birth: Village of Taimenko, Kemerovo Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Candidate member of the Communist Party since 1945
8. Education: Secondary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: Since June, 1943
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and duty position at the time of the award: Gun Platoon Leader in the 162nd Guards Rifle Regiment, 54th Guards Rifle Division, 3rd Belorussian Front
12. Current place of service and duty position: Student at the Military Institute for Foreign Languages
13. Home address of the awardee: 192 Anatoly Street, city of Barnaul
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 1862371 Temporary certificate nr. Zh-958455 Order of the 54th Guards Rifle Division nr. 24/N of May 20th, 1945

Medal for the Capture of Berlin Certificate nr. 033032 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 9th, 1945

Medal for the Victory over Germany Certificate nr. B-0261478 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 9th, 1945

Medal for Combat Merits Unnumbered Decree of November 3rd, 1953

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

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

Chief of the Personnel Section
Major [signed] /Kozlov/
May 30th, 1946


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[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Order

[Stamp: “1st Ukrainian Front”]

Secret
Copy nr. 2

Order

Of the 54th Guards Makeyevka Order of Lenin, Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Rifle Division, 3rd Guards Red Banner Rifle Corps, 28th Army, 1st Ukrainian Front

May 20th, 1945 – Nr. 24/N – Active Army

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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15. Guards Junior Lieutenant Aleksei Mikhailovich Pyrsikov, Gun Platoon Leader in a 76 mm gun battery of the 162nd Guards Red Banner Rifle Regiment

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Commander of the 54th Guards Makeyevka, Order of Lenin, Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Rifle Division
Guards Major General [signed] /Danilov/

Chief of staff of the division
Guards Colonel [signed] /Bugayev/

Chief of the Personnel Section
Guards Captain [signed] /Skoropad/

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[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Award sheet

All fields to be filled out fully

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Pyrsikov, Aleksei Mikhailovich
2. Rank: Guards Junior Lieutenant
3. Duty position and unit: Gun Platoon Leader in a 76 mm gun battery of the 162nd Guards Red Banner Rifle Regiment, 54th Guards Makeyevka Order of Lenin, Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1925
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Komsomol since January 15th, 1941
7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): Didn’t participate in the Civil War. In the Patriotic War since November 11th, 1944 with the 3rd Belorussian and 1st Ukrainian Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since August 15th, 1942
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Biysk Raion, Altai Krai
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): None
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: 192 Anatoly Street, city of Barnaul, Altai Krai. Mother: Anna Aleksandrovna Pyrsikova


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

During the fighting with the German invaders on April 26th, 1945 near the city of Baruth, he moved his gun in position to fire using direct lay during the operation to liquidate the enemy grouping to the southeast of Berlin. When the Germans had launched a counterattack he suddenly opened fire using direct lay, destroying two enemy mounted machine guns and their crews and killing up to 25 hitlerites. During the night to April 28th, 1945, using the darkness, the enemy sneaked right up to the guns in an attempt to capture them. Getting sight of them, comrade Pyrsikov personally killed 7 hitlerites using two grenades and his submachine gun and took 3 of them prisoner.

For initiatives and resourcefulness displayed in combat, which contributed to the overall success, he deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 162nd Guards Red Banner Rifle Regiment
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Dzyubenko/
May 14th, 1945

By Order of the 54th Guards Rifle Division nr. 24/N of May 20th, 1945 awarded the Order of the Red Star.

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[Bill Garvy]

Guards Junior Lieutenant Aleksei Mikhailovich Pyrsikov's Order of the Red Star, #1862371, an MMD manufactured, 1946/1947, reissued as a duplicate for an original MZPP variation, ostensibly lost or destroyed, awarded earlier.