Soviet Senior Sergeant Ivan Semenovich Kuznetsov

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Citation. . .

Edited July 5, 2009 by Bill Garvy

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Citation detail. . .

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Abbreviated Award Card 1. . .

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Abbreviated Award Card 2, which seems to suggest his being awarded an Order of Glory in 2nd Class. . .

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Award List 1. . .

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Awards List 2. . .

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Awards List 3. . .

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Unit Award List

Indicates Order of Glory #45.533 (List #21) was awarded to Private Ivan Semenovich Kuznetsov in Award Booklet A-1035529 on 30.4.44 according to Division Order 036/N dated 8.4.44.

Award Sheet

1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Kuznetsov, Ivan Semenovich

2. Rank: Private

3. Duty position: Gunner ? 120mm Mortar Battery, 133 Rifle Regiment, 72 Pavlovsk Red Banner Rifle Division

Recommendation for the Order of Glory III Class

4. Born: 1906

5. Nationality: Russian

6. Party membership: n/a

7. Previous combat: since 1941 on the Leningrad Front

8. Wounds or shell-shock: n/a

9. Time in Red Army: since 1941

10. Inducted by: Volovskii Regional Military Commissariat

11. Previous awards: Bravery Medal for Leningrad

12. Home of record: Kursk Oblast, Volovskii Region, village of Zamaraevskoe

Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment

On 26 March 1944 in fighting for the city of Narva, Gunner Kuznetsov and his crew displayed courage and bravery.

On that day He and his crew suppressed three enemy firing positions and repelled enemy attacks with their accurate firing. During repetitive counterattacks the mortar ammunition was fully expended, however with accurate submachine gun bursts Comrade Kuznetsov killed ten Hitlerites. He is deserving of the Order of Glory III Class.

Signed, Commander, 72 Rifle Division, Lieutenant Colonel Titov in April 1944

Abbreviated Award Card #1

Abbreviated award card indicates an Order of Glory was awarded to Russian Senior Sergeant Ivan Semenovich Kuznetsov, machinegunner, 391 Independent Machinegun Artillery Battalion, 152 Defensive Region according to Order 0100/N of the 11 Guards (?), 3 Belorussian Front dated 12.7.44. He was born in 1909 and a Communist Party member.

Abbreviated Award Card #2

Abbreviated award card indicates an Order of Glory was awarded to Senior Sergeant Ivan Semenovich Kuznetsov, Party Organizer, 391 Battery according to Order 0920 of the 39 Army dated 23.12.44.

Unit Order

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Order 36/N of the 72 Pavlovsk Red Banner Rifle Division, Leningrad Front dated 8 April 1944

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet USSR, for exemplary accomplishment of the Command?s combat missions in battle against the German invaders and for displaying valor and courage, I award the following decorations:

Order of Glory III Class

8. Private Ivan Semenovich Kuznetsov ? Mortar Gunner, 133 Rifle Regiment

Signed Division Commander, 72 Pavlovsk Red Banner Rifle Division, General-Major Yastrebov and Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Terekhov

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His Order of Glory, 3rd Class, Nr. 45533. . .

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Reverse. . .

[Guest Rick Research]

The Senior Sergeant is a completely different man with the same names. Delete his Glory 3rd awarded per 12.7.44 (Post #3) and his Glory 2nd awarded per 23.12.44 (Post #4) and anything not about PRIVATE Kuznetsov.

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