Bill Garvy

Note the Bravery Medal, nr. 401295, awarded September 22nd, 1946, but no Red Stars. . .

Awards:

Designation Serial Number Awarding Organization

Bravery Medal 401.295 178 Gds Rifle Regiment dated 22.9.46

Verified by Markov Regional Military Commissariat, Guards Major Belik on 26 December 1946

The earlier of his two Award Cards that came from the archive. . .

Note the misspelling of his name on the Award Card. . .

Award Card

Certificate O 647020

1. Last name: Borisenko

2. Name and patrionymic: Raman Pimanovich [trans: sic]

3. Rank: Guards Senior Sergeant

4. Gender: Male

5. Birthyear: 1914

6. Birthplace: Rudovka Selsovet

7. Party membership: yes

8. Education: elementary

9. Nationality: Ukrainian

10. Time in Red Army: 1940 through 9.11.45

11. Place of service at awarding: 60 Guards Pavlograd Rifle Division – Gun Commander

12. Place of work at present: Rudovka Selsovet, “Hammer and Sickle” Collective Farm – field worker

13. Home address: village of Rudovka, Markov Region, Voroshilovgrad Oblast

Turning the page. . .

Award Book. . .

A double hallmarked Zimmermann, 20 & L/52, displaying the aforementioned core finish. . .

Reverse. . .

My thanks to Danny Kelly, Alexi Merezhko, & Paul Schmitt for making this possible!

His unnumbered Combat Service Medal, for which there was no research. . .

Reverse. . .

Order of the Red Star, Nr. 3397250. . .

Picture. . .

He is wearing his 30th Anniversary of the Soviet Armed Forces Medal, and his shoulder boards indicate his rank as a Lieutenant. The picture was taken in 1948, when he was 20 years old. . .

17. Position before service in the Armed Forces: 30 August 1946; Student of the Aviation Technical School, Moscow; Sabetskii Regional Military Commissariat

18. Service in the Armed Forces:

Cadet Leningrad Artillery-Mechanized Academy 30.08.46

Graduated and placed on assignment to Transcarpathian Military District 1.10.49

Fire Officer Artillery Warehouse, 128 Mountain Rifle Division 30.11.49

Warehouse Chief “NZ” 128 Gds RD, Transcarpathian MilDist 1.11.55

Sent on temporary duty to Main Command, Group Soviet Forces Germany 18.10.56

Dep. Chief of Arty 315 Gds MRR, 128 Gds MRD, Southern Group 15.1.56

of Forces

Delayed due to Transcarp MilDist Order #N0472 dtd 18.10.56 26.3.57

Dep. Chief of Arty 128 Gds MRD, Transcarpathian MilDist 14.8.61

Dep. Chief of Arty Ammo 128 Gds MRD, Transcarpathaian MilDist 22.5.62

TDY to Commander, Group Soviet Forces Germany (GSFG) 22.8.64

Dep.Chief of Arty 6 Gds TD (GSFG) 27.10.64

Chief of Arty 78 Gds HvyTR, 6 Gds TD (GSFG) 15.12.65

Chief of Arty 78 Gds TR, 6 Gds TD (GSFG) 24.3.67

TDY to Transcarpathian MilDist, 1 Gds TA 27.10.70

Chief of Arty 149 Gds TR, 128 Gds MRD (Transcarp Mil Dist) 30.11.70

Released into the reserves by Soviet Forces Commander-in-Chief Order 067, Para 60b dated 25.1.74. On file with the Mukachevskii Oblast Military Commisariat, Transcarpathian Oblast.

More. . .

19. Wounds or Contusions: n/a

20. Academic Degree: n/a

21. Academic Level: n/a

22. Foreign Travel: n/a

23. Legal Proceedings: n/a

24. Family Situation: Batchelor; father Tit Konstantinovich Kosarev; Moscow, Gertsen St. #13, Apt 2

25. Special Remarks:

Personnel file. . .

1. Last Name, Name, and Patrionymic: Kosarev, Yurii Titovich

2. Nationality: Russian

3. Knowledge of Foreign Languages: able to read, write, and speak German with assistance of dictionary

4. Born: 23 April 1928

5. Birthplace: Kaluga Oblast, Peremyshlskii region, Pokrovskii Selsovet, village of N. Alopobo

6. Social Position: student; no profession

7. Party Membership: Comsomol members since 1946

8. Education

General: graduated 7th grade, School #7, Moscow in 1945

Military: graduated Leningrad Order of Lenin Red Banner Artillery-Mechanized Academy in 1949

Political: n/a

9. Service in the Old Army:

10. Service in the White Army:

11. Promotion:

Technical Lieutenant 1 October 1949

Senior Technical Lieutenant 14.4.52

Captain of Technical Services 25.12.57

Major of Technical Services 10.9.66

12. Participation in the Patriotic War: n/a

13. Other Military Operations: n/a

14. In Captivity or Encirclement: n/a

15. Awards

30th Anniversary of Soviet Armed Forces 22.12.48

Detail of signatures. . .

Signatures. . .

Narrative detail. . .

2. Award Citation

1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Kosarev, Yurii Titovich

2. Rank: Senior Technical Lieutenant

3. Duty position, unit: Chief of Warheouse “NZ”, 128 Guards Rifle Division

Application for the Order of the Red Star

4. Birthyear: 1928

5. Nationality: Russian

6. Party membership: n/a

7. Participation in combat: n/a

8. Wounds or shell-shock: n/a

9. Armed Forces service: since 30.08.1946

10. Inducted by: Peremyshskii Regional Military Commissariat, Kaluga Oblast

11. Earlier awards: 30th Anniversary of the Soviet Armed Forces Medal

12. Permanent address: Transcarpathian Oblast, Uzhgorod, Peter the Great Street #6

Short Description of Combat Feat or Accomplishments

The Division’s units were in desperate need for ammunition resupply on 5 November 1956. Senior Technical Lieutenant Kosarev received the mission to take ten submachinegunners and four vehicles to the artillery depot and return with 122mm howitzer ammunition. While en route, Comrade Kosarev was engaged in a vehicular ambush by two machineguns and approximately 30 submachinegunners. Comrade Kosarev ordered his personnel to dismount and fought for five hours. Subsequently he summoned assistance from neighboring units and was able to break the ambush. As a result of his steadfastness and proper conduct of the battle, Comrade Kosarev cleared the road for vehicular passage and as a result, permitted uninterrupted ammunition supply.

Conclusion: For displaying boldness and endurance in the accomplishment of a combat mission, Comrade Kosarev is deserving of the Order of the Red Star.

Signed Commander, 128 Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Guards Colonel Gorbunov on 20 November 1956

Endorsed Commander, Special Corps, General-Lieutenant Lashchenko on 29 November 1956

Citation. . .

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Award Serial Number Awarder

Red Star 3.397.250 Supreme Soviet dated 18.12.56

Combat Service Medal Edict dated 30.12.1956

Verified 25.9.1957 by Chief of Personnel, 128 Gds MRD, Major Moiseev

Award card. . .

1. Award card

Order booklet D-004996

1. Last name: Kosarev

2. Name and Patrionymic: Yurii Titovich

3. Rank: Senior Technical Lieutenant

4. Sex: Male

5. Birthyear: 1928

6. Birthplace: village of N. Leonovo, Peremyshleskii Region, Kaluga Oblast

7. Party Membership: n/a

8. Education: mid-level

9. Nationality: Russian

10. Service in the Red Army: since 1946

11. Place of service and duty position at time of awarding: 128 Guards Rifle Division – “N3” Warehouse Chief

12. Place of service and duty position at the current time: 315 Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment, 128 Guards Motorized Rifle Division – Deputy Chief of Artillery Weapons

13. Home of Record: village of Kuzhnyaya, Peremyshleskii Region, Kaluga Oblast

Turning the page. . .

Award Book. . .

Thank you, Auke, a superb example (T6, V4.3) with the 10mm mint mark and concave reverse. . .

Outstanding group, Auke! I'd like to see the Order of the Red Star, please. . .

Reverse. . .

Although initially uncertain of the number, thinking it may have been 38956, a visual comparison with Orders of Glory 38254 and 38224 revealed an exact match as to the engraving style of the "2". . .

My thanks to Alexi Merezhko and Paul Schmitt. . .