Red Star,3626398,Rifleman,3rd Rifle Regiment,Wounds 1968

[Tommy]

Record card

Record card

Order booklet nr. Zh-232345

1. Last name: Sazanov
2. First name and patronymic: Aleksandr Zinovevich
3. Military rank: Private
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1907
6. Place of birth: Outside Arzamas, Gorky Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): None-Party Member
8. Education: Lower
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From June 1941 to March 1944
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Rifleman, 3rd Rifle Regiment, 5th Rifle Division
12. Current place of service and position: Unemployed. Category 2, disabled war veteran.
13. Home address of the awardee: RSFSR, Gorky Oblast, Arzamas Rayon, Second Street Promenade, Building 10
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 3626398 Award sheet Nr. Zh-232345 Decree of the Presidium of the USSR on 12.06.68



Signature of the awardee: [shakily signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):

Interim Arzamas ?????
Major [signed] Ustimenko[sp?]

September 9, 1968

[Tommy]

Award sheet

Award sheet

Last name, first name and patronymic: Sazanov, Aleksandr Zinovevich
Rank: Retired Soldier
Position and unit: Former Rifleman in the 3rd Rifle Regiment, 5th Guards Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
Year of birth: 1907
Nationality: Russian
Party affiliation: A none-party member
Participation in the Civil War to defend the USSR: On the 2nd Ukrainian front from 08.1943 to 10.1943
Wounds and contusions received: 26.10.1943 seriously wounded in the head
Since when in the Red Army: From June 1941 to March 1944
Drafted by which military commissariat: Arzamas City Military Commissariat of Gorky
Awards received previously: No Previous Awards
Permanent home address of the prospective awardee: s.Vyezdnoe Arzamas district of Gorky region, second street promenade, building 10

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

Comrade Sazanov A.Z was an active participant of the Great Patriotic War. He took part in battles in the 2nd Ukrainian front in the 3rd Rifle Regiment, 5th Division on the front line.

On October 26, 1943 he was seriously wounded in the head. He suffers the effects of brain damage by way of co-ordination and movement disorders after being blinded by shrapnel to the skull. The wound is verified by a certificate of illness No 1163 issued by evacuation hospital 494, Omsk on March 7, 1944 .

He is unfit for military service with the exception from registration. Since 1944, he is a disabled World War II veteran, category 2. He receives a social security pension. He does not work for health reasons. In everyday life he acts with dignity.

The presentation of the award has been coordinated with local and party authorities.

Conclusion: Worthy of the award the “Order of the Red Star.”

Arzamas City Military Commissariat

Lieutenant Colonel / Signed / Litvinenko /

January 18, 1968

[Tommy]

Here it is.

The translation was done by myself so it may be a little shaky, I think the general jist is right though!





Tom

[Auke]

Good job Tom! The record card was signed by the military commissar of the city of Arzamas (250 miles east of Moscow). His name is indeed Ustimenko.

[CtahhR]

Brain damage is probably a greater wound to the person and those surrounding than the very tangible loss of limb.

Be careful with those translators, at no time does the citation say "World War II".

[Bill Garvy]

Most compelling award and citation; thank you for posting. . .

[Tommy]

Thanks for the comments guys :).

The things that makes this award for me is his signature on his Record Card.

24 years after the event, he must still be struggling every day.

Tom