11-20-2013, 06:11 PM
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Award sheet
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Award sheet
1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: Lednyov, Vasily Borisovich
2. Rank: Sergeant
3. Position and unit: Squad leader in the 1063rd Independent Pole Wire Line Company, 4th Tank Army
Nominated for: Order of Glory, 3rd Class
4. Year of birth: 1918
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): On the Northwestern Front from August 1, 1941 through August 15, 1941 and from May 20, 1942 through March 15, 1943; on the Bryansk Front from July 23, 1943 through August 28, 1943; on the 1st Ukrainian Front from March 4 through April 16, 1944; and on the 1st Ukrainian Front from July 13 up to the present time
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Yes
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1938
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Troitsky Raion, Omsk Oblast
11. Awards received previously (for which merits): Medal for Courage for the exemplary accomplishment of combat missions
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: _______________
Short, concrete description of his feat of arms or merits:
On July 24, 1944 he was given orders by unit command to lay a telephone line from the village of Solovo to the village of Podyarkov, where fighting with enemy troops was taking place. The sector through which the telephone line had to pass was subjected to heavy enemy artillery and mortar fire. Under enemy fire, Sergeant Lednyov and the soldiers of his squad, defying death, provided the units that were engaged in the fighting with communications within the established time frame. Lednyov repaired breaks that were caused in the telephone line within 5-10 minutes.
He deserves the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.
Commander of the 1063rd Independent Pole Wire Line Company
Captain [signed] /Mokhnach/
August 4, 1944
He deserves the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.
Chief of Signals of the 4th Tank Army
Guards Colonel [signed] /Ostrenko/
August 11, 1944
Guards Colonel [signed] /Ostrenko/
August 11, 1944
All fields to be filled out fully
Award sheet
1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: Lednyov, Vasily Borisovich
2. Rank: Sergeant
3. Position and unit: Squad leader in the 1063rd Independent Pole Wire Line Company, 4th Tank Army
Nominated for: Order of Glory, 3rd Class
4. Year of birth: 1918
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): On the Northwestern Front from August 1, 1941 through August 15, 1941 and from May 20, 1942 through March 15, 1943; on the Bryansk Front from July 23, 1943 through August 28, 1943; on the 1st Ukrainian Front from March 4 through April 16, 1944; and on the 1st Ukrainian Front from July 13 up to the present time
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Yes
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1938
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Troitsky Raion, Omsk Oblast
11. Awards received previously (for which merits): Medal for Courage for the exemplary accomplishment of combat missions
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: _______________
Short, concrete description of his feat of arms or merits:
On July 24, 1944 he was given orders by unit command to lay a telephone line from the village of Solovo to the village of Podyarkov, where fighting with enemy troops was taking place. The sector through which the telephone line had to pass was subjected to heavy enemy artillery and mortar fire. Under enemy fire, Sergeant Lednyov and the soldiers of his squad, defying death, provided the units that were engaged in the fighting with communications within the established time frame. Lednyov repaired breaks that were caused in the telephone line within 5-10 minutes.
He deserves the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.
Commander of the 1063rd Independent Pole Wire Line Company
Captain [signed] /Mokhnach/
August 4, 1944
He deserves the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.
Chief of Signals of the 4th Tank Army
Guards Colonel [signed] /Ostrenko/
August 11, 1944
Guards Colonel [signed] /Ostrenko/
August 11, 1944
