Glory III,059354,Rifleman,1115th Rifle Regiment,332nd Rifle Division,Kurland Pocket

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Award Card Summaries

Award card indicates ethnic Russian, Private Fedor Akimovich Mishenkov, Rifleman in the 1115th Rifle Regiment was awarded the Order of Glory 3rd Class 59354 according to unit order 017 dated 25.5.44. He was born 1924 and not a party member.





Award Sheet

1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Mishenkov, Fedor Akimovich
2. Rank: Private
3. Duty position: Rifleman, 5th Rifle Platoon, 1115th Rifle Regiment, 332nd Rifle Division

Recommendation for the Order of Glory 3rd Class

4. Born: 1924
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party membership: Not a member
7. Previous combat: Since October 1942
8. Wounds or shell-shock: None
9. In Red Army: Since 17.8.1942
10. Inducted by: Aleksandrovsky Region Military Commissariat
11. Previous awards: None
12. Home of record: [trans: entry intentionally obliterated]

Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment

Comrade Mishenkov has participated in combat with the German invaders on the front lines of the Patriotic War. During combat reconnaissance on 21.5.44 as part of a prisoner snatch group, he was one of the first to burst into the enemy trenches, leading them in trench combat and ensuring the completion of the combat mission with the capture of a German soldier.

Commander of the 1115th Rifle Regiment
Lieutenant Colonel / [signed] / Krainov

22nd May 1944

[Tommy]

The medal was supposedly found in the Kurland pocket, which seems to be a likely story. 4 months after being awarded this medal, comrade Mishenkov was killed in action and buried near Riga.

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List of irretrievable losses

No. Name Rank Position and Specialty Party Membership

104 Mishenkov, Fedor Akimovich Sergeant Major Unit Commander, 115th Rifle Regiment Not a member


Year of Birth Area of Birth Inducted by which military commissariat When and included for what reason
1924 Amur, Mikhailovsky District Aleksandrovsky Region Military Commissariat, Sakhalin 17.8.42 Killed 19.9.44


Where Buried Next of Kin

Hamlet of Chuketeni, Radvilishkistsky Area, Riga District, Latvian SSR Father: Minishkov, Akim Naulovich


Their Address

City of Aleksandrovsk, Sakhalinsky, Port Sajka




Comrade Mishenkov, you have not been forgotten!