Pavel Efimovich Trunkin ( January 1, 1916 , Volsk , Samara province - August 2, 1944 , Lutsk , Volyn region ) - Red Army [1] of the Red Army, the first number of the machine gun crew of the 3rd rifle company of the 3rd motorized rifle battalion (21st Guards Red Banner motorized brigade) [2] , participant of the Great Patriotic War , Hero of the Soviet Union .
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| Date of Birth | January 1, 1916 | ||
| Place of Birth | Volskoe , Novouzensk district , Samara province , Russian Empire | ||
| Date of death | August 2, 1944 (28 years old) | ||
| Place of death | Lutsk , Volyn region , Ukrainian SSR , USSR | ||
| Affiliation |  the USSR | ||
| Type of army | infantry | ||
| Years of service | 1938-1940, 1943-1944 | ||
| Rank |  | ||
| Part | 3rd Motorized Rifle Battalion of the 21st Guards Red Banner Motorized Brigade | ||
| Battles / wars | The Great Patriotic War | ||
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Content
Biography
Born on January 1, 1916 in the village of Volskoye [3] (now Volga Rivne District, Saratov Region ) [4] [5] .
He served in the Red Army in 1938-1940. He worked on the collective farm named after M. I. Kalinin, then at the creamery No. 6 in Engels [4] [6] .
He was drafted into the Red Army in January 1943 by the Krasnokutsk District Military Commissariat of the Saratov Region, and from January 19 - in the battles of the Great Patriotic War [2] . He fought on the Voronezh and 1st Ukrainian fronts; September 7, 1943 was seriously wounded [2] .
In March 1944, Soviet troops liberated Right-Bank Ukraine. On March 24, 1944, Trunkin’s unit reached the Dniester River. A combat mission was set to speed up the river. The machine gunner secretly overcame the river and entrenched at a height on the bank of the enemy. When the unit began to force the river, Trunkin from the rear opened fire on the enemy. The successful crossing of the river by his unit was largely due to his actions.
The title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the awarding of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal to the Red Army soldier P.E. Trunkin was awarded May 24, 1944 "for courage and courage shown in crossing the Dniester River."
In the battles of the Lviv-Sandomierz offensive operation , Sergeant P.E. Trunkin was wounded [4] ; August 2, 1944 he died in a hospital in Lutsk (Volyn region) [6] . He was buried in Lutsk at the Memorial of Eternal Glory [4] .
Rewards
- Gold Star Medal;
- The order of Lenin.
Memory
Streets in the village of Privolzhskoye, Rivne district [7] and in Lutsk [8] are named after P.E. Trunkin.
In 2003, P. E. Trunkin was awarded the title “Honorary Citizen of the Engels Municipal District” (posthumous) [4] .
In February 2006, the name of P.E. Trunkin was assigned to the secondary school of the village of Volga, Rivne district, Saratov region. On December 30, 2013, a memorial plaque to P. E. Trunkin was installed on the school building [9] .
Notes
- ↑ In the award sheet for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, the military rank is a Red Army soldier. On the memorial sign in Lutsk, the military rank is ordinary. On the tombstone of the memorial complex of Eternal Glory in Lutsk, a military rank is Senior Sergeant.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Trunkin Pavel Efimovich . Record number: 27993546: Award sheet . Feat of the people . Date of treatment February 11, 2016.
- ↑ Kozlovsky I. Privolzhsky - a village in the Rivne district . Big Saratov Encyclopedia (2011). Date of treatment February 11, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Administration of the Engels Municipal District .
- ↑ Trunkin Pavel Efimovich (01/01/1916 - 08/02/1944), Hero of the Soviet Union . Volga Photo (February 3, 2012). Date of treatment February 11, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Battle leaf .
- ↑ Trunkin street in s. Volga . Map of Russia with cities. Date of treatment February 11, 2016.
- ↑ Trunkin street, Lutsk, Volyn region, Ukraine . Yandex maps. Date of treatment February 11, 2016.
- ↑ Educational organizations bearing the honorary titles of Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of Russia, Heroes of Socialist Labor . Education Department of the Rivne district administration. Date of treatment February 11, 2016.
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 .
- Rumyantsev N. M. People of the legendary feat. - Saratov, 1968.
Links
Pavel Efimovich Trunkin . Site " Heroes of the country ". Date of treatment January 5, 2014.
- Trunkin Pavel Efimovich . Administration of the Engels Municipal District. Date of treatment February 11, 2016.
- Trunkin Pavel Efimovich . Heroes of the Great Patriotic War of the Saratov region and full gentlemen of the Order of Glory . Battle Leaf (February 5, 2015). Date of treatment February 11, 2016.