Red Star,0929468,Head Of Forage Department,54th Guards Rifle Division
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1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Konovalenko, Ivan Aleksandrovich
2. Rank: Guards Quartermaster 3rd Class
3. Duty position: Deputy Regimental Commander for Supply – 634th Rifle Regiment, 54th Guards Rifle Division
Recommendation for the Combat Service Medal
4. Born: 1904
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party membership: yes
7. Previous combat: January 1942 – April 1942 and since August 1942 on the 4th Ukrainian Front
8. Wounds or shell-shock: n/a
9. In Red Army: since 1926
10. Inducted by: Rovno Regional Military Commissariat, Voroshilovgrad Oblast
11. Previous awards: n/a
12. Home of record: [trans: entry intentionally obscured]

Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment

On 22 November 1942 during an enemy attack of tanks and motorized infantry on Collective Farm #86 Farm 3, he was able to evacuate the second column of the regimental headquarters and battalion’s rear area while under enemy fire with loss.

During the regiment’s combat actions Comrade Konovalenko has provided the delivery of ammunition, foodstuffs, and equipment in a timely manner despite all difficulties.

He is deserving of the Combat Service Medal.

Signed Regimental Commander, Guards Captain Bugaev on 9th January, 1943

Endorsed Commander, 54th Guards Rifle Division, Guards Colonel Danilov

Endorsed 5 Tank Army Commander General-Major Panfilov and Member of the Military Committee General-Major (?), and Chief of Staff General-Major (unspecified) on 23rd January, 1943, verified by Deputy Chief of 2nd Section Major Gra(?)v
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Red Star,0929468,Head Of Forage Department,54th Guards Rifle Division - by Bill Garvy - 11-26-2013, 02:49 PM

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