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Saenko, Ivan Stepanovich

    Date of birth:
    December 19th, 1919 (Poltava region, Ukraine)
    Date of death:
    November 19th, 1943 (Zhytomyr, Ukraine)
    Buried on:
    Collective Grave Soviet Soldiers Chernyakhiv
    Nationality:
    Soviet

    Biography

    Ivan Saenko served in the Red Army from 1939 and fought in the Winter War and Second World War. He fell on 19 November 1943.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    143 Anti tankovyy polk, 1-y gvardeyskiy kavaleriyskiy korpus (143rd Anti Tank Regiment, 1st Guards Cavalry Corps)
    Awarded on:
    June 3rd, 1944
    For shown courage and heroism during the liberation of Zhytomyr.

    Posthumously awarded.
    Medal
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    143 Anti tankovyy polk, 1-y gvardeyskiy kavaleriyskiy korpus (143rd Anti Tank Regiment, 1st Guards Cavalry Corps)
    Awarded on:
    June 3rd, 1944

    Goes with the Gold Star. Posthumously awarded.
    Orden Lenina

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