Award Sheet
1. Last name, name, and patronymic:
Khosroshvili, Iosif Dmitrievich
2. Rank: Private
3. Duty position and unit: Artillery Battalion Gunner, 395 Independent Machinegun-Artillery Battalion, 155th Red Banner Defensive District
Nominated for:
Order of the Red Star
4. Born: 1911
5. Nationality: Georgian
6. Party affiliation: Candidate member since May 1943, Card 5127935
7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): July 42-December 42, Caucasus, May 43-December 43 Vitebsk, December 43-February 44 Vitebsk
8. Wounds and contusions received: Wounded February 44 near Vitebsk, December 43 near Vitebsk, and in June 42 near Ordzhonikidze
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since July 1941
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Dusheti Regional Military Commissariat, GSSR
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): None
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: Georgian SSR, Dusheti Region, village of Kuemyan-Muakhevi
Short, concrete description of the personal combat feat or merits:
Gunner Private I.D. Khosroshvili has been fighting in the Patriotic War since July 1941. He was wounded three times in combat against the German fascist invaders.
While penetrating the enemy defense near Vitebsk on 3.6.1944 he detected an enemy anti-tank gun and destroyed it in place with its crew, thus enabling the advance and subsequent occupation of the enemy trenches by our rifle units.
On 26.6.1944 on the approach to Vitebsk, Comrade Khosroshvili personally fired on direct lay and destroyed as many as two platoons of enemy infantry and suppressed two heavy machineguns thus supporting the capture of the intermediate defensive line on the approaches to Vitebsk.
On 20.8.1944 while conducting a forced river crossing of the Aiviekte and assault on the city of Gostini (Latvian SSR), Comrade Khosroshvili fired on direct lay and suppressed two, enemy heavy machineguns and both panicked and scattered as much as a platoon of enemy infantry, thus enabling the crossing of our rifle units. He subsequently supported a rifle assault group with artillery fire and displayed valor and bravery.
For displaying valor and bravery I am recommending Iosif Dmitrievich Khosroshvili for the Order of the Red Star.
Commander, 395th Independent Machinegun-Artillery Battalion
Captain [signed] / Sklyarov /
August 28, 1944
He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Commandant of the 155th Red Banner Defensive District
Guards Colonel [signed] / Statukhin /
August 31, 1944
By Order of the 22nd Army Artillery nr. 032/N of October 1, 1944 awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Deputy Chief of Personnel 22nd Army Defensive District
Senior Lieutenant [signed] / Braichev /
