07-17-2012, 08:20 PM
Award sheet
1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Pugach, Prokofy Dementiyevich
2. Rank: Guards Private
3. Duty position and unit: Telephone operator in the 5th Battery of the 305th Guards Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Artillery Regiment, 117th Guards Berdichev Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1907
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Not a party member
7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): Since 1944 with the 1st Ukrainian Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: 1944
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Khmelnitsky Raion, Vinnitsa Oblast
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): Medal for Bravery by Order of the 305th Guards Artillery Regiment nr. 011/N of October 27, 1944
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: ______________
Short, concrete description of the personal combat feat or merits:
On April 18, 1945, while breaking through the German defenses along the Neisse River, comrade Pugach under direct enemy fire repaired 10 breaks in the telephone cable, which enabled the battery to open destructive fire on the enemy infantry and vehicles.
On April 22, 1945, during the liquidation of the encircled enemy troops southeast of Alt-Duben, comrade Pugach, disregarding his own safety, repaired 11 breaks in the telephone cable under enemy fire, which guaranteed the uninterrupted communications between the observation post and the command post. Thanks to his courageous feat in guaranteeing the communications, the battery killed up to 50 Germans, destroyed 2 mortars and suppressed the fire of 4 firing positions.
He deserves the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the 305th Guards Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Artillery Regiment
Guards Major [signed] / Gugushkin /
May 15, 1945
Note
By Order of the 117th Guards Berdichev Rifle Division nr. 034/N of May 16, 1945 awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Chief of the Personnel Section of the division
Guards Major of Administrative Service [signed] / Unzhakov /
May 19, 1945
