Zaporozhets, Viktor Leonidovich, Private, Driver, 707th Artillery Zenit Regiment

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Here is a pair to Private Viktor Leonidovich Zaporozhets.

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Medal "For Bravery #1706549 awarded 14th September 1944.

Driver, 3rd Battery Private Zaporozhets, Viktor Leonidovich for that, that thanks to his good care of the machine "ZIS-5" has gone over 35 thousand kilometres, without breakdown or accident.

18th August 1944 under heavy artillery and machinegun fire risking his life, relocated two platoons to the region of new firing positions

1926 year of birth, Ukrainian, Member VLKSM, called to the RKKA by Abinsk Regional Military Commissariat, Krasnodar Kraj

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Medal "For Combat Merits" #2255778 awarded 22nd April 1945.

Driver, 1st Battery, Private Zaporozhets, Viktor Leonidovich, awarded 17th September 1944 the Medal "For Bravery", for that, that in combat to liquidate the Zemland group of enemy troops, exemplarily completed the task of transporting weapons and ammunition to the combat order of infantry.
Under enemy fire, without roads, sometimes on dark nights, without accidents in a timely manner delivered guns, provided at the correct moment to deploy to firing positions.

1919 year of birth, Russian, Member VLKSM, In the RKKA since January 1939, Called by Abinsk Regional Military Commissariat, Krasnodar Kraj, Had two wounds: Heavy 17th December 1942 and light 27th August 1943.

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Unfortunately missing his OPWII'85.

Here is a map of the combat operations to destroy the Zemland (Samland) pocket.