For Bravery,0070224,76mm Gunner,148th Rifle Division,Brjansk Front

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Award Sheet
1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Molchanov, Petr Andreevich
2. Rank: Private
3. Duty position: Gunner – 76mm Cannon, 507 Rifle Regiment, 148 Rifle Division
Recommendation for the Bravery Medal
4. Born: 1906
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party membership: n/a
7. Combat experience: in Great Patriotic War since 1941
8. Wounds or shell-shock: none
9. Time in Red Army: since 1941
10. Inducted by: Cherkarskii Regional Military Commissariat
11. Previous awards: n/a
12. Home of record: Kazan SSR, Okshobiiskaya Oblast, Cherkarskii Region, Verchaluiskii (?)stroi, Pushkin St. #8
Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment
In fighting 28-29 June 1942 as a gunner, Comrade Molchanov accurate fired upon the enemy, causing heavy enemy losses and panic.
Firing on direct lay, Comrade Molchanov destroyed three heavy machineguns, one mortar and its crew, five vehicles with their loads, 12 carts, and destroyed as many as 120 enemy soldiers and officers.
He is being recommended for the “For Bravery” Medal.
Signed, Commander 507 Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Nikolaev and Battalion Commissar Kolo(?)
Endorsed, 148 Rifle Division Commander, Colonel Mishchenko and Regimental Commissar Bran(?)
Endorsed Commander, 13 Army, General-Major Pukhov and Brigade Commissar Kozlov on 14 September 1942

Award Card
1. Last name: Molchanov
2. Name and patrionymic: Petr Andreevich
3. Rank: Senior Sergeant
4. Gender: Male
5. Birthyear: 1904
6. Birthplace: Stalingrad Oblast, Kamyz. Region, village of Razdor.
7. Party membership: candidate member since 1942
8. Education: elementary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Time in Red Army: 9.1941-7.1943
11. Place of service at awarding: 507 Rifle Regiment, 148 Rifle Division, 13 Army – Gun Commander
12. Place of work at present: Factory #76, Sverdlovsk – Head of the Laundromat
13. Home address: Sverdlovsk, Street of the Enthusiasts #9, Apt #2
14. Awards:
Designation Serial Number Awarding Organization
Verified on 10 December 1946


Order 70/N of the 13 Army, Bryansk Front
Dated 24 September 1942
On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet USSR, I award the following decoration for exemplary mission accomplishment in the struggle with the German invaders and for displaying valor and courage:
The Bravery Medal to:
47. Private Petr Andreevich Molchanov – 76mm Cannon gunner, (?) Regiment, 148 Rifle Division
Signed Commander, 13 Army, General-Major Pukhov and Member of the Army Military Council, Brigade Commissar Kozlov