Glory III,103552,Machinegunner,897th Mountain Rifle Regiment,Balaklava May 1944

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Record card

Order booklet nr. 852888

1. Last name: Butovchenko
2. First name and patronymic: Mikhail Matveyevich
3. Military rank: Private
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1922
6. Place of birth: City of Sebastopol
7. Party membership (since which year): Not a party member
8. Education: Elementary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: Since April 1941
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and duty position at the time of the award: Scout in the 897th Mountain Rifle Regiment, 242nd Mountain Rifle Division
12. Current place of service and duty position: Gunner in the 98th Howitzer Artillery Brigade, 1st Guards Breakthrough Artillery Division of the Reserve of the High Command
13. Home address of the awardee: 12 Gorky Street, apartment nr. 269, Moscow
14: Record of all awards presented:


Medal for Bravery 631424 Temporary certificate nr. A-593640 Order of the 6th Guards Rifle Regiment nr. 037/N of October 7, 1943

Order of Glory, 3rd Class 103552 Temporary certificate nr. B-831035 Order of the 242nd Mountain Rifle Division nr. 029/N of June 1, 1944

Medal for the Victory over Germany - Permanent certificate nr. S-032909 Decree of May 9, 1945

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee:

Commander of the 98th Iaşi Red Banner Order of the Red Star Howitzer Artillery Brigade
Colonel [signed] /Purin/
September 12, 1946

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Award sheet

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Butovchenko, Mikhail Matveyevich
2. Rank: Private
3. Duty position and unit: Gun layer in a machine gun company of the 897th Mountain Rifle Regiment, 242nd Taman Red Banner Mountain Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of Glory, 3rd Class
4. Year of birth: 1922
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Komsomol since 1943
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 participating in the Patriotic War since September 15, 1941 with the Southwestern Front; since December 10, 1941 on the Krim; since February 1943 with the Northcaucasian Front; since January 10, 1944 with the Independent Coastal Army
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Wounded five times: on October 5, 1941, on January 29, 1942, on April 5, 1943, on November 10, 1943, and on May 7, 1944; currently with his unit
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since July 8, 1941
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Sitlyarsky Raion, Krim ASSR
11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): Medal for Bravery by Order of the 6th Guards Rifle Regiment nr. 029/N of August 30, 1943, Medal for Bravery by Order of the 6th Guards Rifle Regiment nr. 039/N of October 7, 1943
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 offensive fighting on May 7, 1944 near the height without a name (Sakharnaya Golovka [Sugarloaf]) in the Balaklava Raion of the Krim ASSR, while serving in the 1st Rifle Company, he killed a group of 15 enemy soldiers, who were impeding the advance of our company, with his mounted machine gun under enemy fire. This enabled the company to advance and capture a more advantageous shore.

For courage and bravery displayed during the struggle with the German occupants he deserves the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.

Commander of the 897th Mountain Rifle Division
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /____tov/

Chief of staff of the 897th Mountain Rifle Division
Guards Major [signed] /Lisiyenkov/
May 1944


I award the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.

Commander of the 242nd Taman Red Banner Mountain Rifle Division
Major General [signed] /Lisinov/



Remark about the award:

By Order of the 242nd Taman Red Banner Mountain Rifle Division nr. 029/N of June 1, 1944 awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.

Chief of the Personnel Section
Captain [signed] /Popov/
June 1, 1944

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Бутовченко, Михаил Матвеевич OGIII

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Citations for his first "Bravery Medal"

Order

Of the 6th Guards Rifle Regiment, 2nd Guards Red Banner Rifle Division

August 30, 1943 – Nr. 029/N – Active Army, Northcaucasian Front

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, I award:

The Bravery Medal to:

1. Guards Private Mikhail Matveyevich Butovchenko, machine gunner in the 1st Machine Gun Company of the 6th Guards Rifle Regiment, 2nd Guards Red Banner Rifle Division, for the fact that he, during the fighting for height 167.4 in the Krim Raion of the Krasnodar Krai on August 7, 1943, while serving as layer of a mounted machine gun, acted bravely and energetically. During the attack he supported the advance of the riflemen from an open position. Having quickly noticed an enemy machine gun position, he suppressed its fire with his machine gun, enabling the attacking troops to advance forward. When the machine gun crew was put out of action by a shell explosion, comrade Butovchenko continued firing on his own and entrenched himself and his machine gun in a captured enemy trench.

Born in 1924, member of the Komsomol since 1939, Russian, drafted by the Military Commissariat of the Temirgoyevskaya Raion, not decorated, home address: _______________.

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Commander of the 6th Guards Rifle Regiment
Guards Colonel [signed] /Aleksandrovsky/

Chief of staff of the regiment
Guards Major [signed] /Sapozhnikov/



Chief of the Personnel Section of the 56th Army
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Matveichuk/
October 29, 1943



Chief of the Personnel Section of the Northcaucasian Front
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Zhdanov/
November 28, 1943

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Citation for his second "Bravery Medal"

Order

Of the 6th Guards Rifle Regiment, 2nd Guards Red Banner Rifle Division

October 7, 1943 – Nr. 037/N – Active Army, Northcaucasian Front

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, I award:

The Bravery Medal to:

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6. Guards Private Mikhail Matveyevich Butovchenko, machine gunner in the 1st Machine Gun Company of the 6th Guards Rifle Regiment, 2nd Guards Red Banner Rifle Division, for the fact that he, during the fighting for the Krasnaya Balka farm in the Varennikovskaya Raion of the Krasnodar Krai on September 4, 1943 under heavy enemy fire advanced forward and with his crew suppressed the fire of an enemy mounted machine gun, which was impeding the advance of our attacking troops. Firing at the retreating enemy he killed up to a platoon of infantry.

Born in 1924, member of the Komsomol since 1939, Russian, drafted by the Military Commissariat of the Temirgoyevskaya Raion, awarded the Medal for Bravery by Order of the 6th Guards Rifle Regiment nr. 029/N of August 30, 1943, home address: _______________.

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Commander of the 6th Guards Rifle Regiment
Guards Colonel [signed] /Aleksandrovsky/

Chief of staff of the regiment
Guards Major [signed] /Sapozhnikov/



Chief of the Personnel Section of the 56th Army
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Matveichuk/
November 5, 1943



Chief of the Personnel Section of the Northcaucasian Front
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Zhdanov/
December 8, 1943