01-26-2013, 10:59 PM
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1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Pyrsikov, Aleksei Mikhailovich
2. Rank: Guards Junior Lieutenant
3. Duty position and unit: Gun Platoon Leader in a 76 mm gun battery of the 162nd Guards Red Banner Rifle Regiment, 54th Guards Makeyevka Order of Lenin, Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1925
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Komsomol since January 15th, 1941
7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): Didn’t participate in the Civil War. In the Patriotic War since November 11th, 1944 with the 3rd Belorussian and 1st Ukrainian Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since August 15th, 1942
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Biysk Raion, Altai Krai
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): None
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: 192 Anatoly Street, city of Barnaul, Altai Krai. Mother: Anna Aleksandrovna Pyrsikova
Short, concrete description of the personal combat feat or merits:
During the fighting with the German invaders on April 26th, 1945 near the city of Baruth, he moved his gun in position to fire using direct lay during the operation to liquidate the enemy grouping to the southeast of Berlin. When the Germans had launched a counterattack he suddenly opened fire using direct lay, destroying two enemy mounted machine guns and their crews and killing up to 25 hitlerites. During the night to April 28th, 1945, using the darkness, the enemy sneaked right up to the guns in an attempt to capture them. Getting sight of them, comrade Pyrsikov personally killed 7 hitlerites using two grenades and his submachine gun and took 3 of them prisoner.
For initiatives and resourcefulness displayed in combat, which contributed to the overall success, he deserves the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the 162nd Guards Red Banner Rifle Regiment
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Dzyubenko/
May 14th, 1945
By Order of the 54th Guards Rifle Division nr. 24/N of May 20th, 1945 awarded the Order of the Red Star.
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All fields to be filled out fully
1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Pyrsikov, Aleksei Mikhailovich
2. Rank: Guards Junior Lieutenant
3. Duty position and unit: Gun Platoon Leader in a 76 mm gun battery of the 162nd Guards Red Banner Rifle Regiment, 54th Guards Makeyevka Order of Lenin, Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1925
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Komsomol since January 15th, 1941
7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): Didn’t participate in the Civil War. In the Patriotic War since November 11th, 1944 with the 3rd Belorussian and 1st Ukrainian Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since August 15th, 1942
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Biysk Raion, Altai Krai
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): None
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: 192 Anatoly Street, city of Barnaul, Altai Krai. Mother: Anna Aleksandrovna Pyrsikova
Short, concrete description of the personal combat feat or merits:
During the fighting with the German invaders on April 26th, 1945 near the city of Baruth, he moved his gun in position to fire using direct lay during the operation to liquidate the enemy grouping to the southeast of Berlin. When the Germans had launched a counterattack he suddenly opened fire using direct lay, destroying two enemy mounted machine guns and their crews and killing up to 25 hitlerites. During the night to April 28th, 1945, using the darkness, the enemy sneaked right up to the guns in an attempt to capture them. Getting sight of them, comrade Pyrsikov personally killed 7 hitlerites using two grenades and his submachine gun and took 3 of them prisoner.
For initiatives and resourcefulness displayed in combat, which contributed to the overall success, he deserves the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the 162nd Guards Red Banner Rifle Regiment
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Dzyubenko/
May 14th, 1945
By Order of the 54th Guards Rifle Division nr. 24/N of May 20th, 1945 awarded the Order of the Red Star.
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