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Gromykhalin, Nikolay Rodionovich

Date of birth:
May 22nd, 1918 (Drankovo, Soviet Union)
Date of death:
April 20th, 1945 (Germany)
Buried on:
Soviet War Cemetery Gryfino
Nationality:
Soviet (1922-1991, People's Republic)

Biography

Staff sergeant. Hero of the Soviet Union

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
238th Separate Engineering-sapper Battalion, 48th Engineering Sapper Brigade, 70th Army, 2nd Byelorussian Front
Awarded on:
June 29th, 1945
For transporting two groups of soldiers to the shores of the Oder river. He was wounded twice during this event and later died of his wouns.

Posthumously awarded
Medal

Sources

  • Photo: Public domain

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