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04-08-2012, 11:35 AM | #1 |
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Red Star,2682395,Rifleman,280th Rifle Regiment,185th Rifle Division,Oder River
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Order Booklet B 290572 1. Last name: Shekhovtsov 2. Name and patrionymic: Fedor Vasilevich 3. Rank: Private [trans: “Senior Lieutenant” added] 4. Gender: Male 5. Birthyear: 1926 6. Birthplace: Zaporozhe Oblast, Veseloe Region, village of Veseloe 7. Party membership: Comsomol since 1944 8. Education: mid-level 9. Nationality: Russian 10. Time in Red Army: since 7.06.1944 11. Place of service at awarding: 185th Rifle Division – Private 12. Place of work at present: 9th Tank Division, 498th Howitzer Artillery Battalion – Rifleman 13. Home address: Zaporozhe Oblast, Veseloe Region, village of Veseloe 14. Awards: Designation Serial Number Awarding Organization Red Star 2.682.395 185th Rifle Division dated 31.03.45 Victory over Germany Medal Edict dated 9.05.45 30th Anniversary of Soviet Army and Navy Combat Service Medal n/a Supreme Soviet Edict dated 26.10.55 Verified by 9th Tank Division, 498th Howitzer Artillery Battalion Commander Major Eremin on 8th April, 1948 |
04-08-2012, 11:37 AM | #2 |
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Re: Red Star, Rifleman,2682395
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1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Shikhovtsov, Fedor Vasilevich 2. Rank: Private 3. Duty position: Rifleman – 8th Rifle Company, 280th Sokhachevskii Rifle Regiment, 185th Pankratovo-Prague Rifle Division Recommendation for the Order of the Red Star 4. Born: 1926 5. Nationality: Russian 6. Party membership: n/a 7. Previous combat: since 7.8.1944 on the 1st Belorussian Front 8. Wounds or shell-shock: lightly wounded 27.10.44, seriously wounded 15.12.44 9. Time in Red Army: since 7.7.1944 10. Inducted by: Veseloe Regional Military Commissariat, Zaporozhe Oblast 11. Previous awards: n/a 12. Home of record: Zaporozhe Oblast, Veseloe Region, village of Veseloe. Mother – Shikovtsova, Anastasiya Kondratevna Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment On 20.3.1945 in fighting for the highway on the approach to the Oder river, Comrade Shikhovtsov snuck up on an enemy firing position and put it out of action with grenades. The crew was destroyed. Having occupied an advantageous position, Comrade Shikhovtsov put down heavy automatic weapons fire upon the enemy, thus permitting several more soldiers to occupy the advantageous line. While repelling an enemy counterattack, he killed eight Germans with his fire and captured two. Maintaining the occupied line until the arrival of his unit, he thus supported the advance and subsequent breakout to the Oder river. Comrade Shikhovtsov is deserving of the Order of the Red Star. Signed 280 Sokhachevskii Rifle Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel Balaevskii and Chief of Staff Major Nemchenko on 22nd March, 1945 Endorsed 185 Pankrotsko-Prague Rifle Division Commander Guards Colonel Muzykin on 31st March, 1945 Awarded the Order of the Red Star by 185th Rifle Division Order 053/N dated 31st March, 1945. Signed Division Chief of Personnel Guards Captain Shchertak |
09-30-2012, 07:04 AM | #3 |
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Re: Red Star,2682395,Rifleman,Oder River
Private Fedor Vasilevich Shikhovtsov's Order of the Red Star, #2682395. . .
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09-30-2012, 08:39 AM | #4 |
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Re: Red Star,2682395,Rifleman,Oder River
I'm glad he got an award but, unless the citation was exaggerated, I would think that level of heroism should have gotten something a bit higher in the order chain
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09-30-2012, 09:29 AM | #5 |
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Re: Red Star,2682395,Rifleman,Oder River
I would hypothesize that a number of factors entered into the equation, not the least of which were his age at the time, 19, and his rank, private. I agree though, Jeff, and thought an Order of Glory, 3rd Class would be appropriate.
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09-30-2012, 09:42 AM | #6 |
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Re: Red Star,2682395,Rifleman,Oder River
The Order of Glory, 3rd Class is actually a lower award... ;)
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