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Plakidin, Dmitri Ivanovich

Date of birth:
September 29th, 1923 (Krivtsovsko, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia)
Date of death:
November 22nd, 1943 (Vysoke, Zhytomyr, Ukraine)
Buried on:
Collective Grave Soviet Soldiers Vysoke
Nationality:
Soviet

Biography

Dmitri Plakidin served in the Red Army from 1942 and fought at Stalingrad and during the Dnieper offensive. He was killed at the village of Vysoke on 22 November 1943.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
1-ya gvardeyskaya motostrelkovaya batalon, 22-ya gvardeyskaya motostrelkovaya brigada, 6-y gvardeyskiy tankovyy korpus (1st Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion, 22nd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, 6th Guards Tank Corps)
Awarded on:
January 10th, 1944
For courage and heroism during the crossing of the Dniepr rivier and destroying three pillboxes in Autumn 1943.
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
1-ya gvardeyskaya motostrelkovaya batalon, 22-ya gvardeyskaya motostrelkovaya brigada, 6-y gvardeyskiy tankovyy korpus (1st Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion, 22nd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, 6th Guards Tank Corps)
Awarded on:
January 10th, 1944

Goes with the Gold Star.
Orden Lenina

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