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Onilova, Nina Andreyevna

Date of birth:
April 10th, 1921 (Novonikolaevka)
Date of death:
March 8th, 1942 (Sevastopol)
Buried on:
Soviet War Graves Kommunar Cemetery
Nationality:
Soviet

Biography

Nina Onilova served in the 25th Rifle Division and fought at Odessa and Sevastopol. She was seriously injured on 1 March 1942, during the battle of Sevastopol and died of her wounds in the night of 8 March 1942.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1941
For destroying a German tank with two Molotov cocktails in Merkenziya, near Odessa.

Promoted to Sergeant.
Orden Krasnogo Znameni
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Starshiy Serzhant (1st Sergeant)
Awarded on:
May 14th, 1965

Awarded posthumously.
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 14th, 1965

Goes with the Gold Star.
Orden Lenina

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