Patriotic War II,0709550,Rifleman,990th Rifle Regiment,230th Rifle Division

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Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class, numbered 709550, which was awarded to Red Army Private Alexander Efimovich Buzuk on 16 Oct 1945. Buzuk served with the 990th Infantry Regiment of the 230th Infantry Division. He was slightly wounded on 12 Feb 1945, then more severely wounded on 25 April of that year while destroying the crew of a German rocket launcher during the battle for Berlin.