Award sheet
Last name, first name and patronymic: Esin, Fyodor Prokofyevich
Military rank: Corporal
Duty position and unit: Gun loader in a 120 mm mortar battery of the 1133rd Sebastopol Rifle Regiment, 339th Taman Red Banner Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of Glory, 3rd Class
1. Year of birth: 1907
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Since when in the Red Army: Since March 1943
4. Party affiliation: Not a party member
5. Participation in combat (when and where): Has been participating in the Patriotic War since November 1943
6. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No [line below: “October 11, 1943”]
7. Which earlier awards: Medal for Bravery by Order of the 1133rd Rifle Regiment nr. 018/N of October 11, 1943
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Penza Raion
9. Permanent home address of his family: Workers’ settlement of a bicycle factory in the city of Penza, house nr. 39, apartment nr. 17
Short, concrete description of the personal combat feat or merits:
During the fighting for the city of Sebastopol on May 10, 1944 and Kherson on May 12, 1944 in the period of offensive operations for the liberation of the Taman peninsula, the gun crew in which he served as loader destroyed 4 mounted machine guns, 2 artillery pieces and their crews, 3 rocket launchers and up to 60 enemy soldiers and officers.
He deserves as his second award the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.
Commander of the 1133rd Rifle Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Trenezhdi/
June 10, 1944
He deserves the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.
Commander of the 339th Taman Red Banner Rifle Division
Hero of the Soviet Union
Guards Colonel [signed] /Vasilenko/
June 14, 1944
By Order of the 339th Taman Red Banner Rifle Division nr. 034/N of June 14, 1944 awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.
Chief of the Personnel Section of the 339th Taman Red Banner Rifle Division
Guards Captain [signed] /Yefimov/
June 14, 1944
