Ivan Petrenko Biography

The tombstone of Petrenko Ivan Prokofievich is the commander of the fire platoon of the 7th battery of the artillery regiment I am the Mariupol Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Rifle Division, the Staroconstantian Rifle Corps, I am the army, the 3rd Belorussian Front, lieutenant. Born on July 22 in the village of Tsiglerovka now - Sosnovka, Krasnograd district of the Kharkov region, Ukraine in a peasant family.

Graduated 7 classes. In the Red Army - since July. Since August - in the army. He fought on the Southern Front. In the year he graduated from the accelerated course of the Tbilisi artillery school. After graduating from the school - again in the army. He fought on the 4th and 1st Ukrainian, Leningrad, 3rd Belorussian fronts. He took part in the Melitopol, Proskurovsko-Chernivtsi, Vyborg offensive operations.

Especially distinguished during the East Prussian offensive operation. On the approaches to the city of Königsberg, Kaliningrad on February 19 by a powerful attack, the enemy broke through the defense of our troops and entered the artillery firing position. Left without infantry cover, the gunners brought the guns to direct tip and opened fire on the attacking enemy.

When the Germans came close to the battery, I. Petrenko raised the gunners in a counterattack. In a fierce hand -to -hand combat, a significant part of the Germans was killed, five captured, the rest retreated. Three hours later, the platoon I. Petrenko repulsed another attack. Thanks to the courage and resistance of the gunners, the command was able to hold the border and later restore the lost position.

By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated June 29, for the exemplary implementation of the command missions of the command at the front of the fight against German invaders and the heroism shown at the same time, Lieutenant Petrenko, Ivan Prokofievich, was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Golden Star medal.

After the war, he continued to serve in the Armed Forces. Since the year, Captain I. Petrenko is in stock. He lived in the village of urban type of quarry of the Rostov region. He worked in the Oktyabrsky District Executive Committee. He died on August 25. He was buried in the northern cemetery of the city of Rostov-on-Don. He was awarded the Orders of Lenin during the Proskurov-Chernivtsi offensive operation, the platoon of I.

Petrenko accompanied our advancing units, providing them with fire support. In the period from March 12 to March 16, in the battles in the village of Vladimirovka, Ilyinetsky district of the Vinnitsa region, Ukraine knocked out three tanks, destroyed six easel machine guns, scattered to the infantry battalion, suppressed the fire of three artillery and four enemy’s mortar batteries.

The commander of the regiment I. Petrenko was presented for awarding the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree. By order of the commander of the Rifle Corps, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star. From the award sheet on I. Petrenko: “Prussia is the enemy with a significant force of infantry, with the support of the massive artillery fire and 5 tanks, went into a counterattack and squeezed the right flank of our infantry.

By the end of the artillery, part of the enemy’s infantry leaked to the flank of our batteries. When the Germans approached a distance of 30 meters from the battery, Comrade Petrenko lifted the battery personnel and was the first to rush into a counterattack on the Germans, inspiring all the battery fighters with his courageous act, as a result of which more than 80 were destroyed and 5 soldiers were captured, the remnants of the Nazis were scattered.

Three hours later, the pr-k resumed the attack again. Lieutenant Petrenko, when the Germans came close to a close distance, raised the personnel again, setting the fighters the task-to die, but to destroy the pr-ka. Encouraging the fighters, the first to rush into the hand -to -hand combat with the enemy, destroying the Germans by the fire of the machine gun. The fighters followed his example and the broken Germans were destroyed.

In this battle with the superior enemy forces, up to 80 Nazis were destroyed, of which 26 killed the lieutenant CB personally for both of these contractions, led by Comrade Petrenko, destroyed from above the enemy’s soldiers, of which 32 soldiers and 1 officer were personally destroyed, who found important documents and a map with the situation applied. The actions of Comrade Petrenko restored the situation of our troops, since the entire broken group of the pr-ka was completely destroyed by him, and the documents and the card selected from the officer helped our command to solve the maneuver of the enemy and ensured success.

Conclusion: for the manifest high courage, stamina and heroism, the commander of the artillery regiment.