Gritsenko, Yefim Dmitriyevich

Date of birth:: May 1st, 1908 (Shabalinov, Koropskiy rayon, Soviet Union)
Date of death:: April 26th, 1945 (Berlin, Germany)
Buried on:: Soviet War Memorial (Tiergarten)
Nationality:: Soviet

Biography

Guards Colonel. Hero of the Soviet Union. Died in the fighting for the Tempelhof airfield.

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Orden Krasnogo Znameni

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Orden Krasnogo Znameni

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Orden Krasnoi Zvezdy

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Orden Aleksandra Nevskogo

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Orden Bogdana Khmelnitskogo 2

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Medal "Zolotaya Zvezda" (Geroi Sovetskogo Soyuza)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: May 31st, 1945

The 117th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment destroyed 8 tanks, 24 guns, 40 machine guns and mortars, 36 vehicles and 500 enemies in the Battle of Berlin. Because of colonel Gritsenko's merit, leadership and heroism, the Tempelhof airfield could be captured.

Posthumously awarded