05-31-2012, 10:14 PM
Award sheet
1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Yalin, Valery Andreyevich
2. Rank: Guards Private
3. Duty position and unit: Sapper in the 41st Independent Assault Engineer-Sapper Battalion, 9th Novgorod Red Banner Assault Engineer-Sapper Brigade of the Reserve of the High Command
Nominated for: Order of Glory, 3rd Class
4. Year of birth: 1925
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Komsomol
7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): Has been serving at the front in the Patriotic War since March 1945
8. Wounds and contusions received: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since February 1943
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Shchuchinsk Raion, Aqmola Oblast
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): None
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: _______________
Short, concrete description of the personal combat feat or merits:
During the fighting on the Samland Peninsula he displayed courage and fearlessness. Under heavy enemy artillery and machine-gun fire he reconnoitred the condition of the roads in the sector of the 262nd Rifle Division’s offensive.
During the night of April 15 to 16, despite a heavy bombardment and in close proximity of the enemy, he reconnoitred a location to cross the Forkener Flies [Forkener Fließ] River, which aided in the quick construction of a bridge and the advance of the combat vehicles.
He deserves to be awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.
Commander of the 41st Independent Assault Engineer-Sapper Battalion
Major [signed] / Nasedkin /
April 18, 1945
I request he be awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.
Engineer of the 113th Rifle Corps
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] / Kopilov /
April 18, 1945
By Order of the 113th Tilsit Rifle Corps nr. 0105 of April 19, 1945 awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.
Assistant chief of the Personnel Section of the 113th Rifle Corps
Captain [signed] / Papinov /
April 19, 1945
