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Mikhalchenko, Vasiliy Kirillovich

Date of birth:
1915 (Zadonsk, Lipetsk, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
September 25th, 1943 (Yasnogorodka, Kiev region, Soviet Union)
Nationality:
Soviet (1922-1991, People's Republic)

Biography

Guards sergeant Vasiliy Mikhalchenko was posthumously awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union title. His burial place was flooded in 1965.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 17th, 1943

Posthumously promoted
Orden Lenina

Sources

  • Photo: Public domain

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