Glory III,741124,Squad Commander,461st Rifle Regiment,142nd Rifle Division,Catch-Up

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Another freshly researched item, (thanks Auke!!) that may be of interest to some (?).

Senior Sergeant Mikhail Mikhailovich Antonenko, 461st Rifle Regiment, 142nd Rifle Division

The record card

Record card

Form nr. 1
(To be filled out clearly, without any corrections)

Record card

Date and location of issue of the order or medal; republic, krai, oblast, city, raion: October 18, 1967; city of Leningrad

1. Last name: Antonenko
2. First name and patronymic: Mikhail Mikhailovich
3. Nationality: Russian
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1904
6. Place of birth: City of Krasnoye Selo, Leningrad Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1942
8. Education: Elementary
9. Military rank (for service members): Reserve Senior Sergeant
10. Since when in the Soviet Army (for service members):
11. Place of work or service and position at the time of the award: Squad leader in the 461st Rifle Regiment, 142nd Rifle Division
12. Current place of work or service and position: Floor polisher in military unit nr. 67217
13. Home address of the awardee: 14/18 Bolshaya Zelenina Street, apartment 6, Leningrad, RSFSR

14. Record of all awards received (in chronological order):

Name of the order or medal Its number Number of its document Ground of award
Order of Glory, 3rd Class 741124 Zh-104827 Order of the 142nd Rifle Division nr. 077/N of July 26, 1944

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):

Deputy chief of the Personnel Section of military unit nr. 67217
[signed]
October 13, 1967

* Only note orders of the USSR and the following medals: Gold Star Medal of a Hero of the Soviet Union, Gold Hammer and Sickle Medal of a Hero of Socialist Labor, Medal for Courage, Medal of Ushakov, Medal for Combat Merit, Medal of Nakhimov, Medal for Valiant Labor, Medal for Distinguished Labor, and Medal for a Partisan of the Patriotic War.

and recommendation

Award sheet

Award sheet

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Antonenko, Mikhail Mikhailovich
2. Military rank: Senior Sergeant
3. Position and unit: Rifle squad leader in the 461st Rifle Regiment
4. Nominated for: Order of Glory, 3rd Class
5. Year of birth: 1904
6. Nationality: Russian
7. Party affiliation: Candidate member of the Communist Party
8. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1941
9. Participation in combat: In the Patriotic War since December 25, 1941
10. Wounds and contusions: Wounded on July 11, 1944
11. Awards: Medal for the Defense of Leningrad
12. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Lenin Raion, city of Leningrad
13. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee or his family: ______________

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

On July 9, 1944 he and his squad crossed the 400-meter-wide Vuoksi River under heavy enemy artillery fire. Upon landing he broke through to the forward enemy trenches and started forcing his way across them. Skillfully commanding his squad he pushed forward and repeatedly repelled Finnish counterattacks.

On July 11, 1944 he was wounded and hospitalized.

I nominate him for the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.

Commander of the 461st Rifle Regiment
Colonel [signed] /Petukhov/

Chief of staff of the 461st Rifle Regiment
Captain [signed] /Litvak/
July 20, 1944