For Bravery,0135090,T-60 Driver-Mechanic,184th Tank Brigade

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Eventually, in July 1943, Shokin was killed in action



Headquarters of the 78th Tank Brigade
July 11, 1943
Nr. 0584

Stamp: Central Bureau for Recording Losses, Main Formation Department, Red Army
July 16, 1943

Secret
Copy nr. 1

List of names
Of irrecoverable officer and non-commissioned officer losses of the 78th Tank Brigade, 3rd Shock Army, Kalinin Front over the period from July 1 to 5, 1943

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1. Number: 2
2. Last name, first name and patronymic: Shokin, Nikolai Sergeyevich
3. Military rank: Sergeant
4. Position and specialty: Mechanic and driver of a T-34 tank in the 263rd Tank Battalion
5. Party affiliation: Candidate member of the Communist Party
6. Year and place of birth: Born in 1920, Village of Vetreno, Korenevo station, Kursk Oblast
7. Drafted by which rayon and oblast: Drafted by the Military Commissariat of the Korenevo Raion, Kursk Oblast
8. When and why removed from the roster: Burned to death in his tank during an attack at a height near the village of Ptakhino, Novosokolniki Raion on July 3, 1943
9. Buried where: /
Information about his relatives:
10. First name, last name, and patronymic of his wife or parents: Father: Serei Yefimovich Shokin
11. Place of residence: Village of Vetreno, Korenevo station, Kursk Oblast

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Commander of the 78th Tank Brigade
Colonel [signed] / Kochergin /

Chief of staff of the 78th Tank Brigade
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] / Kotkin /
July 8, 1943