08-14-2011, 04:15 PM
The OPW1's award sheet:
Award sheet
1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: Starov, Grigory Petrovich
2. Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
3. Position, unit: Commander of the 1467th Army Anit-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
Recommended for: Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class posthumously
4. Year of birth: 1917
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party membership: Member of the Communist Party since 1942
7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where, when): From June 22, 1941 to January 17, 1942 with the Western Front, since January 17 with the Volkhov Front
8. Suffered wounds and contusions during the Patriotic War: No, perished at the front
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1939
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military commissariat of the Pokrovskoye Raion, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): An Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class and a Combat Merits Medal
12. Permanent home address of the recommendee and the address of his family: 19 Kalinin Street, city of Kustanai
Short, concrete description of personal combat feat or merits:
As a regimental commander he achieved cohesion and a high level of combat proficiency of the regimental personnel. During our troops' offensive he guaranteed the support of the most forward advancing units with artillery fire.
Personally displaying examples of courage, bravery, and cold-bloodedness in combat, he achieved a high level of tenacity in the regimental personnel during artillery fire or bombardments of our firing positions.
During combat missions, he personally led the march of our units to the foremost defense line.
Covering the tactical formations of the advancing troops, the regiment under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Starov in the course of just one month, from March 6, 1944 to April 6, 1944, shot down thirty-one (31) enemy aircraft.
Lieutenant Colonel Starov perished while reconnoitring firing positions near the front line.
Up until the very end of his life he remained dedicated to the cause of the Party of Lenin and Stalin and the socialist motherland.
Lieutenant Colonel Starov deserves to be awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class posthumously.
Deputy commander for air defense affairs of the artillery of the 54th Army
Colonel [signed] /Yermakov/
April 6, 1944
Deserves to be awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class.
Commander of the artillery of the 54th Army
Major General of Artillery [signed] /Petropavlovsky/
April 10, 1944
I award the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class posthumously.
Commander of the 54th Army
Lieutenant General [signed] /Roginsky/
Member of the military counsil of the army
Major General [signed] /Yemelyanenko/
April 1944
Award sheet
1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: Starov, Grigory Petrovich
2. Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
3. Position, unit: Commander of the 1467th Army Anit-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
Recommended for: Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class posthumously
4. Year of birth: 1917
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party membership: Member of the Communist Party since 1942
7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where, when): From June 22, 1941 to January 17, 1942 with the Western Front, since January 17 with the Volkhov Front
8. Suffered wounds and contusions during the Patriotic War: No, perished at the front
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1939
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military commissariat of the Pokrovskoye Raion, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): An Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class and a Combat Merits Medal
12. Permanent home address of the recommendee and the address of his family: 19 Kalinin Street, city of Kustanai
Short, concrete description of personal combat feat or merits:
As a regimental commander he achieved cohesion and a high level of combat proficiency of the regimental personnel. During our troops' offensive he guaranteed the support of the most forward advancing units with artillery fire.
Personally displaying examples of courage, bravery, and cold-bloodedness in combat, he achieved a high level of tenacity in the regimental personnel during artillery fire or bombardments of our firing positions.
During combat missions, he personally led the march of our units to the foremost defense line.
Covering the tactical formations of the advancing troops, the regiment under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Starov in the course of just one month, from March 6, 1944 to April 6, 1944, shot down thirty-one (31) enemy aircraft.
Lieutenant Colonel Starov perished while reconnoitring firing positions near the front line.
Up until the very end of his life he remained dedicated to the cause of the Party of Lenin and Stalin and the socialist motherland.
Lieutenant Colonel Starov deserves to be awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class posthumously.
Deputy commander for air defense affairs of the artillery of the 54th Army
Colonel [signed] /Yermakov/
April 6, 1944
Deserves to be awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class.
Commander of the artillery of the 54th Army
Major General of Artillery [signed] /Petropavlovsky/
April 10, 1944
I award the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class posthumously.
Commander of the 54th Army
Lieutenant General [signed] /Roginsky/
Member of the military counsil of the army
Major General [signed] /Yemelyanenko/
April 1944
