Dmitry Mikhailovich Chumak ( 1913 - 1944 ) - a veteran of the Great Patriotic War , scout of the battery of the 569th anti-tank artillery regiment (17th separate anti-tank artillery brigade, 43rd army, 1st Baltic front), corporal . Hero of the Soviet Union .
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| Affiliation |  the USSR | |||
| Rank | corporal  | |||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | |||
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Biography
He was born on February 10, 1913 in the village of Syrovo of the Russian Empire, now the Vradiyevsky district of the Nikolaev region of Ukraine, in a peasant family. Ukrainian .
Primary education. After serving in the Red Army, in 1932, he came to live in the city of Enakievo , where he worked at the Young Communard mine [1] .
In the Red Army since 1941, in the army - since August 1941. Scout of the battery of the 569th anti-tank artillery regiment candidate for membership of the CPSU (b) Corporal Dmitry Chumak distinguished himself in battles with the encircled enemy grouping north of the city of Vilnius . On July 10, 1944, when repulsing another counterattack by the enemy, he replaced a gunner who had failed, and fired until the last shell. In hand-to-hand combat, he blew up a grenade of himself and the Nazis surrounding him.
He was buried in the city of Utena ( Lithuania ).
Rewards
- The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded posthumously on March 24, 1945 .
- He was awarded the Order of Lenin and the medal "For Courage".
Memory
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| Monument in Vradievka . | |
- The name of the Hero is immortalized in the memorial complex in the village of Vradievka [2] .
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Links
- Chumak, Dmitry Mikhailovich . Site " Heroes of the country ".
- Chumak Dmitry Mikhailovich .