Vasiliy Gavrilovich Petrenko ( June 18, 1922 , the village of Shilovichi, now Ichnya district , Chernihiv region - June 11, 1988 , Gorlovka , Donetsk region ) - gunner of the 2nd mortar company of the 25th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 6th Guards Rivne Order of the Red Banner Rifle Division of the 13th Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front , Guard Senior Sergeant [1] , Hero of the Soviet Union .
| Vasily Gavrilovich Petrenko | |||||||
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| Date of Birth | June 18, 1922 | ||||||
| Place of Birth | from. Shilovichi, Ichnyansky district , Chernihiv region | ||||||
| Date of death | August 9, 1988 (66 years old) | ||||||
| A place of death | Horlivka , Donetsk region | ||||||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||||||
| Type of army | artillery | ||||||
| Years of service | 1941 - 1945 | ||||||
| Rank | staff Sergeant | ||||||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||||||
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| Retired | lived and worked in the city of Gorlovka, Donetsk region | ||||||
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Biography
Born June 18, 1922 in a peasant family. Ukrainian . He graduated from 7 classes. In 1939 he moved to the city of Gorlovka, Donetsk region of Ukraine . He worked as a mechanic at the Kochegarka mine.
In the Red Army since June 1941 . He graduated from the courses of intelligence miners. On the fronts of World War II from March 1942 . He fought on the Bryansk , Central and 1st Ukrainian fronts. He participated in the liberation of Ukraine and Poland , in battles in Germany .
In offensive battles from January 12, 1945 to February 1, 1945 of the Guard, Senior Sergeant V.G. Petrenko showed exceptional courage and heroism. In the battles for the village of Skshelčice and the crossing on the Charn-Nida River (Poland), V.G. Petrenko, reflecting the counterattacks of superior infantry forces, tanks and armored personnel carriers of the Nazis, knocked out one tank, three armored personnel carriers and destroyed up to 80 enemy officers and soldiers.
When crossing the Oder River, V. G. Petrenko, quickly crossing the west bank and taking up a firing position, accurately aimed to repulse the enemy’s counterattacks, which tried to force our units out of the occupied bridgehead. Having been wounded, Petrenko continued to fire on the enemy, destroying several dozen enemy soldiers.
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 10, 1945, for the exemplary performance of command missions on the front of the struggle against Nazi invaders and the courage and heroism of the guard shown, Sergeant Petrenko Vasily Gavrilovich was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Medal Star ” under the number 4804.
After the war, foreman V. G. Petrenko returned to the city of Horlivka, Donetsk region of Ukraine . He worked as an electrician, a master of industrial training in a vocational school , a master at the Gorlovsky enterprise of electric networks. He died on August 9, 1988 .
Notes
- ↑ On the date of submission for the conferment of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Literature
- Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium I. N. Shkadov . - M .: Military Publishing , 1988. - T. 2 / Love - Yashchuk /. - 863 s. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-00536-2 .
- Roads of the brave. Donetsk, 1967.
- Cavaliers of the Golden Star. - Donetsk: Donbas, 1976.
- Church M.F., Shiganov A.D., Yuryev B.F. Heroes of exploits are immortal. - Kiev: 1982.
Links
- Petrenko, Vasily Gavrilovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".
- Public electronic document bank “The Feat of the People in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” . Date of treatment June 8, 2012. Archived March 13, 2012. No in the database 150025456 . Date of treatment June 8, 2012. Archived September 24, 2012.