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Tyurin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich

Date of birth:
August 28th, 1909 (Tula, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
June 18th, 1980 (Tula/Tula oblast, Soviet Union)
Nationality:
Soviet

Biography

Guards sergeant Aleksandr Tyurin was severely wounded in 1943 and declared Hero of the Soviet Union after the war.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Shironintsev Platoon, 78th Guards Rifle Regiment, 25th Guards Rifle Division
Awarded on:
May 18th, 1943

Received in February 1950
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1943
Znak Raneniya

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