Dead and buried war veteran claims medal 60 years on

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Here is the original record of Sergeant Georgij Fedorovich Ponomarev's death. Showing him dying on Hill 129.2 near Sofievka on 28th December 1943 whilst serving in the 177th Rifle Regiment, 236th Rifle Division.

Unfortunately there seems to be a little bit of journalistic spin put on this article as he was awarded an OPWII'85 - These Jubilee awards were not posthumous. No doubt authorities will have known of his survival when he was liberated from the Nazis.