Red Star,3836254,Anti-Tank Rifle Squad Commander,649th Rifle Regiment,Catch Up 1992

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Junior Sergeant Ivan Nikolaevich Shokopko's Order of the Red Star #3836254. . .

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Award Card. . .

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[SIZE="3"]Award Sheet
1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Shokopko, Ivan Nikolaevich
2. Rank: Junior Sergeant
3. Duty position: Squad Leader – Anti-Tank Rifle Platoon, 649 Rifle Regiment, 165 Sedvets Red Banner Rifle Division

Recommendation for the Order of the Patriotic War II Class
4. Born: 1926
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party membership: no
7. Previous combat: 2 Belorussian Front since 25.11.1944
8. Wounds or shell-shock: none
9. Time in Red Army: since 9.6.1944
10. Inducted by: Nikopol Regional Military Commissariat, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast
11. Previous awards: n/a
12. Home of record: Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Nikopol Region, village of Nikolai Moisenko. Mother – Shokopko, Tatyana Vasilevna

Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment
During the penetration of the German defense near Hill 109,0 at the village of Lortsin on 14 January 1945, the Germans attempted to resist our units’ attack with self-propelled guns’ artillery fire. Commanding a squad of “armor-busters,” Junior Sergeant Shokotko personally suppressed one enemy self-propelled gun with his anti-tank rifle, thus weakening the Germans’ firepower and permitting the infantry to rush into the German trenches.

For displaying military skill and bravery, Comrade Shokotko is deserving of the Order of the Patriotic War II Class.

Signed Regimental Commander, Guards Lieutenant Colonel Yurev on 2(?) February 1945

Endorsed 165 Rifle Division Commander, Guards Colonel N. Ko(?) on 28 February 1945

Awarded the Order of the Red Star by Order 32/N of the 96 Brest Rifle Corps dated 12.4.1945. Verified Chief of Personnel, 96 Rifle Corps, Administrative Services Major Burakov


Award Card
3.12.1992, Zhovtnev Region, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
1. Last name: Shokotko
2. Name and patrionymic: Ivan Nikolaevich
3. Nationality: Ukrainian
4. Gender: Male
5. Birthyear: 1926
6. Birthplace: Kiev
7. Education: mid-level
8. Party membership: n/a
9. Place of service at awarding: Squad Leader (Sergeant) – 641 Rifle Regiment, 165 Rifle Division
10. Place of work at present: Dnepropetrovsk, Victory Riverside #80, Apt. 134
11. Awards:
Designation Serial Number Awarding Organization
Red Star 3.836.254 96 Rifle Corps dated 12.4.1945
Verified by Zhovtnev Regional Military Commissariat Colonel Mikhailov on 3 December 1992
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Citation (old school). . .

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And now introducing colour.

Shokot'ko's Red Star Citation and Prikaz.

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And his OPWII'85.

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Here's the location. Lorcin, Gmina Nasielsk, Dwór Mazowiecki County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland.