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Golovko, Yakov Pavlovich

Date of birth:
December 9th, 1923 (Palievka, Soviet Union)
Date of death:
March 23rd, 1945 (Germany)
Nationality:
Soviet (1922-1991, People's Republic)

Biography

Lieutenant. Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
220th Separate Tank Brigade, 5th Shock Army, 1st Byelorussian Front
Awarded on:
March 24th, 1945
For destroying six tanks, 27 anti-tank gun pieces and a large number of enemy soldiers.

Posthumously awarded
Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
220th Separate Tank Brigade, 5th Shock Army, 1st Byelorussian Front
Awarded on:
March 24th, 1945

Posthumously awarded
Orden Lenina

Sources

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