Dorofeyev, Ivan Nikolayevich

Date of birth:: October 26th, 1914 (Suzhenka, Donetsk, Russian Empire)
Date of death:: August 22nd, 1945 (Berlin, Germany)
Buried on:: Soviet War Cemetery Bassinplatz
Nationality:: Soviet

Biography

Guards lieutenant. Hero of the Soviet Union. Died in a car accident.

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Medal "Zolotaya Zvezda" (Geroi Sovetskogo Soyuza)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Starshiyi Leytenant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:: 100th Guards Rifle Regiment, 35th Guards Rifle Division, 8th Guards Army, 1st Belorussian Front
Awarded on:: March 24th, 1945

"Guards Lieutenant Dorofeyev's detachment broke into the village of Volya-Magnushevska. The Germans put much resistance and threw in tanks backed by submachine-gunners. Dorofeyev's platoon operated effective and clean. Not stepping a single step back, our soldiers's intense fire cut off the submachine gunners from the tanks. Left without infantry cover , the enemy tanks dit not dare to continue the offensive. The attack was repulsed. The Hitlerits lost up to 25 people. Our soldiers repelled two counterattacks of superior enemy forces."

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