OG3 N°33459 Sergente Taranuk Akim Afanasevich
Record card
Order Book nr. B-509449
1. Last name: Taranuk
2. First name and patronymic: Akim Afanasevich
3. Military rank: Sergeant
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1194
6. Place of birth: Charkovskaya Oblast, Petrovsk Region, Grushivaka Village
7. Party membership (since which year): Not a Member
8. Education: Secondary
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: Since 03.36 till 01.38 and 10.1941 till 11.1945
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position at the time of the award: 1312th Rifle Regiment, 17th Rifle Division, 48th Army, Belorussian Front, Commander of the rifle squad
12. Current place of service and position: Kramatorsk City, Ordgenikidze factory, electrician foreman.
13. Home address of the awardee: Kramatorsk City, Svoboda street 6 apt 11
14. Record of all awards received:
Signature of the awardee: [signed]
I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):
Kramatorsk City Military Commissar
Lt.Colonel [signed] /Lapin/
July 28, 1947
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Award sheet
1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Taranuk, Akim Afanasevich
2. Military rank: Lance Sergeant
3. Position and unit: Commander of the rifle squad of the 1312th Rifle Regiment, 17th Rifle Division.
Nominated for: Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class
4. Year of birth: 1914
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party affiliation: Not a Member
7. Participation in combat (where and when): In the patriotic war since 16.01.1944
8. Wounds and contusions received: Doesn't have wounds
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since 23.11.43
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Ckrematorsk Region Military Commissariat, Stalin Oblast
11. Awards received previously: Not awarded
12. Permanent home address: ______________
Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:
On February 3, 1944 in a battle near the village of Kabylischiny Domanovycheskogo Region Polissya Oblast under heavy enemy fire raised his squad in to attack and first to burst into the enemy trenches. With machine-gun fire personally killed 5 Germans, and together with the squad leader took 2 German soldiers as prisoners. In the same battle, with machine-gun fire destroyed an enemy machine-gun crew. In the battle to the east of the village Cherebuli on 4.2.44 being second in command of the platoon, workaround rear burst into the trenches of the enemy with his platoon and personally shot two German officers and by that provided the capture of the enemy trenches by the whole company.
Worthy of government award.
Regiment Commander
Guards Lt.Colonel [signed] /Ryabov/
February 8, 1944
Intercede on awarding government award – order of Patriotic War 1st Class
17th Rifle Division Commander
Guards Colonel [signed] /Ivanov/
February 8, 1944