Red Star,1744951,Supplier,170th Guards Rifle Regiment,Dniepr Crossing

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Order of the Red Star #1744951 Awarded by Decree No.128/N of the 57th Guards Rifle Division of the 18th October 1945



Award sheet

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Ladnykh, Ivan Iosifovich
2. Rank: Guards Sergeant Major
3. Position and unit: Sergeant Major in a Supply Platoon, 170th Guards “Demblinsko-Berlin” Red Banner Order of Suvorov Rifle Regiment, 57th Guards Novobugsky Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Rifle Division

Nominated for: Order of the Red Star

4. Year of birth: 1915
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Not a member
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): From 16.10.1943 to 1.07.1944 on the South-Western Front and since 1.7.1944 on the 1st Belorussian Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Lightly wounded 10.11.1944
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since 12.10.1937
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Belgorod Region Military Commissariat, Kursk Oblast
11. Awards received previously (for which merits): Medal for Combat Service by decree No.029/N of 13.02.1944 of the 179th Rifle Regiment, 57th Guards Rifle Division
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: ______________

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

Guards Sergeant Major Comrade Ladnykh has been in the Red Army since 10.12.1937 and a participant in the Patriotic War from 10.16.1943. From the banks of the river Don to the centre of Germany – Berlin, together with his regiment he travelled on their glorious path of combat. Whilst in the infantry combat formations he fired his weapon competently, destroying the enemy breakout. At the bridgehead of the river Dniester he actively participated in the reflection of enemy counterattacks supported by mechanized units, he contributed by ensuring the subdivisions had everything necessary in the difficult moments of the fighting, reinforcing them with units who arrived as replenishments from sections of the division. In the fierce fighting for the city of Berlin he proved himself brave and courageous soldier of the Red Army, performing his combat tasks. For his courage and bravery in battle he is worthy of the governmental award – the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 170th Guards “Demblinsko-Berlin” Red Banner Order of Suvorov Rifle Regiment:

Guards Colonel / [signed] / N. Dronov

20th November 1945