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Shelest, Vasily Galaktionovich

Date of birth:
July 3rd, 1923
Date of death:
October 3rd, 1943
Buried on:
Mass Grave Russian Soldiers & War Memorial
Nationality:
Soviet (1922-1991, People's Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leytenant (Lieutenant)
Unit:
Machine-gun platoon, 53rd Guards Tank Brigade, 3rd Guards Tank Army, Voronezh Front
Awarded on:
June 3rd, 1944
Shelest took the place of a fallen machine gunner and personally eliminated 30 enemy soldiers during unequal battle with superior enemy forces on 3 October 1943.

Posthumously awarded
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leytenant (Lieutenant)
Unit:
Machine-gun platoon, 53rd Guards Tank Brigade, 3rd Guards Tank Army, Voronezh Front
Awarded on:
June 3rd, 1944
Orden Lenina

Posthumously awarded

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