For Combat Merits,0081317,Katjusha M-13 Gunner,61st Guards Mortar Regiment

[Norm Braddock]

Award Sheet
1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Mamchenko, Aleksei Stepanovich
2. Rank: Guards Private
3. Duty position: M-13 System Gunner – [trans: handwritten 61 Guards Mortar Regiment]
Recommendation for the Combat Service Medal
4. Born: 1905
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party membership: n/a
7. Combat in Great Patriotic War: since 1941
8. Wounds or shell-shock: wounded twice
9. Time in Red Army: since 1941
10. Inducted by: Neklinovskii Regional Military Commissariat, Rostov Oblast
11. Previous awards: n/a
12. Home of record: Rostov Oblast, Neklinovskii Region, village of Barenovka
Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment
Comrade Alesei Stepanovich Mamchenko is a brave and energetic Guardsman. He has been loading his weapon system under enemy mortar fire. While firing his weapon system against the enemy, he accurately directs the weapon on target, having destroyed several dozens of Hitlerites.
Comrade Aleksei Stepanovich is deserving of the “For Combat Service” Medal.
Signed, Commander, Guards Captain Elkin and Guards Senior Politruk Doratev of the 292 Independent Mortar Battalion
Endorsed Guards Lieutenant Colonel Kamistrapov and Guards Battalion Commissar (?) of the 61 Guards Mortar Regiment




Award Card
1. Last name: Mamchenko
2. Name and patrionymic: Aleksei Stepanovich
3. Rank: Guards Senior Sergeant
4. Gender: Male
5. Birthyear: 1905
6. Birthplace: Rostov Oblast, Neklinovskii Region, Varenovskii Selsovet, village of Varenovka
7. Party membership: since 1943
8. Education: elementary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Time in Red Army: 8.1941-9.1945
11. Place of service at awarding: 61 Independent Mortar Regiment – Deputy Platoon Leader
12. Place of work at present: “Lenin’s Path” Collective Farm - Fisherman
13. Home address: Rostov Oblast, Neklinoskii Region, Varenovskii Selsovet, village of Varenovka
14. Awards:
Designation Serial Number Awarding Organization
CSM 81.317 30 Army dated 18.8.42
Glory III 69.385 34 Rifle Corps dated 30.6.44
Red Star 1.378.686 31 Guards Rifle Corps dated 15.4.45
Verified on 10 October 1947


Order 037/N of the 30 Army dated 18 August 1942
I award the following decorations on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet USSR for exemplary mission accomplishment of the Command’s combat missions against the German invaders and for displaying valor and courage:
The Combat Service Medal to:
33. Guards Private Aleksei Stepanovich Mamchenko – Gunner, 292 Independent Guards Mortar Battalion
Signed Commander, 30 Army, General-Lieutenant Hero of the Soviet Union Lelyushenko, Member of the Military Committee, Division Commissar Doronin, and Army Chief of Staff, General-Major of Artillery Khetagurov and verified by Chief Personnel Officer, 30 Army, Quartermaster 2d Class Tsarev