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Lapshov, Anatoliy Alekseyevich

Date of birth:
November 25th, 1924 (Idolga, Soviet Union)
Date of death:
April 26th, 1945 (Berlin, Germany)
Buried on:
Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park)
Nationality:
Soviet (1922-1991, People's Republic)

Biography

Guards lieutenant. Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 31st, 1945
Lieutenant Lapshev was wounded on 24 April 1945, but continued to fight. He recplaced the company commander on 26 April 1945 and managed to break through some German fortified positions. In this fighting, he was again wounded and died of his wounds in a field hospital in Berlin.

Posthumously awarded
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 31st, 1945

Posthumously awarded
Orden Lenina

Sources

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