For Bravery,3592794,ZIS-5 Fuel Tanker Driver,317th Separate Auto-Transport Battalion

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Here is the Medal "For Bravery" #3592794.

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On the order Petrovich

1. Family, Kovalenko
2. Name And Patronym, Andrej Pavlovich
3. Military Rank, Private
4. Sex, Male
5. Year Of Birth, 1923
6. Place Of Birth, Kiev Oblast, Veliko-Polovets Region, Malo-Polovetskoe
7. Party Membership, Non-Partisan
8. Education, None
9. Nationality, Ukrainian
10. From Which Year In Red Army, 07-1941 to 04-1946
11. Which Service And Position At Time Of Award, 317th Separate Auto-Transport Battalion - Driver
12. Place Of Service And Position At Current Time, Kiev Oblast, Veliko-Polovets Region, Malo-Polovetskoe - Collective Farmer
13. Current address of awarded, Kiev Oblast, Veliko-Polovets Region, Malo-Polovetskoe

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1. Family, name and patronym, Kovalenko, Andrej Petrovich
2. Rank, Private
3. Position, Unit, Driver, 317th Separate Auto-Transport Battalion
Presented for award of the Medal "For Bravery"
4. Year Of Birth, 1923
5, Nationality, Ukrainian
6, Party membership, Member VLKSM
7, Participation in Civil War and subsequent military activities in defence of the USSR and Patriotic War (Where, When) In the Patriotic War from July 1941 in the staff of the 319th Army Anti-Air Regiment and 317th Separate Auto-Transport Battalion
8, Has had wounds or contusions during the Patriotic War, Light Wound 14-08-1943 second time he was wounded heavily
9, From which time in the Red Army, From July 1941
10, To which Regional Military Commissariat called, Veliko-Polovets Regional Military Commissariat, Kirov Oblast
11, Has been awarded (for what distinction), Not had

Comrade Kovalenko participant of the Great Patriotic War from 7th July 1941. Participating in battle in the staff of 319th Army Anti-Air Regiment.
16th March 1943 in the region of the battle of Chuguev for the Har'kov Offensive was heavily wounded in the right hand. 14th August 1943 participated in the combat in the staff of this unit in the region of the battle of Grinevo was lightly wounded in the right shoulder. Whereupon he was sent to recover in Hospital #1848 in Ufa until August 1944.
At the conclusion of the garrison commission based on article 44 was found fit for non-combatant service. From 28th January 1945 positioned in the staff of the 317th Separate Auto-Transport Battalion. Working with a ZIS-5 petrol tanker, carefully caring for material units, tasks performed accurately and on time.
From January to June 1945 he with his machine has had a run of 22893 Kilometres delivering to the forward units of the front 138 tonnes of fuel. Only for may and the first half of the month of June Comrade Kovalenko has on his account a 7938 Kilometre run, delivering 48 tonnes of fuels, doing 9863 tonnekilometres.
Thanks to the correct exploitation of the auto-machine has blocked all the times of repairs for a run of 2480 Kilometres.
Worthy of award of the Medal "For Bravery".
Commander of the 317th Separate Auto-Transport Battalion Major Vinogradov
15th July 1945