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Rafail Yakovlevich Rozental
Order of the Red Star nr. 695997 was awarded by Order of the 2nd Tank Army of June 2, 1944 to
51-year-old Lieutenant Colonel of the Medical Service Rafail Yakovlevich Rozental, chief of Mobile Surgical Field
Hospital nr. 180, 2nd Tank Army, 2nd Ukrainian Front.
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Date |
Military Physician 2nd Grade [Major] |
February 27, 1942 |
Major of the Medical Service |
June 26, 1943 |
Lieutenant Colonel of the Medical Service |
February 22, 1944 |
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Record card
Order booklet nr. A-215466
1. Last name: Rozental
2. First name and patronymic: Rafail Yakovlevich
3. Military rank: Major of the Medical Service
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1893
6. Place of birth: City of Chernigov
7. Party membership (since which year): Not a member
8. Education: Higher
9. Nationality: Jewish
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From June 1941 to May 1945
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: 1) Company commander in the
medical battalion of the 183rd Division, 29th Army; 2) Hospital chief in the 2nd Guards Tank Army
12. Current place of service and position: Senior inspector with the Directorate of Health Resorts and Sanatoriums,
Union-Wide Central Council of Labor Unions
13. Home address of the awardee: 27 Bolshaya Kaluzhskaya Street, apartment 60
14. List of all awards received:
Name of the order or medal |
Serial number |
Number of the document |
Ground of award |
Medal for Combat Merit |
60824 |
Temporary certificate nr. 71853 |
Order of the 29th Army nr. 0318/N of July 23, 1942 |
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class |
18324 |
Temporary certificate nr. 518860 |
Order of the 2nd Tank Army nr. 028/N of July 17, 1943 |
Order of the Red Star [citation] |
695997 |
Temporary certificate nr. B-716542 |
Order of the 2nd Tank Army nr. 032/N of June 2, 1944 |
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class |
224841 |
Temporary certificate nr. Z-168051 |
Order of the 2nd Guards Tank Army nr. 075/N of June 7, 1945 |
Signature of the awardee: [signed]
I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):
Chief of the 3rd Section
Captain [signed] /Markevich/
October 2, 1946
Award sheet
All fields to be filled out fully
1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Rozental, Rafail Yakovlevich
2. Rank: Major of the Medical Service
3. Position and unit: Chief of Mobile Surgical Field Hospital nr. 180
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1893
5. Nationality: Jewish
6. Party membership and period: Not a member
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and
when): Since June 22, 1941 on the Kalinin, Central, 1st Ukrainian, and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: June 22, 1941
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Khimki Raion, city of Moscow
11. Previous awards (for which achievements): Medal for Combat Merit and Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd
Class
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and his family's address: _______________
Brief, concrete description of his feat of arms or achievements:
During the combat operation, comrade Rozental set up the hosital in the village of Adamovka
without delay and started admitting wounded men within 2 hours, thus ensuring they were provided proper medical care.
Despite the absence of passable roads and a lack of transport vehicles, he organized the transportation of 150 men
over a distance of 2 kilometers to the village of Pogrebishche. Through his able leadership he ensured the wounded
were evacuated in a timely manner, which allowed for the hospital to be relocated to a new location.
During the offensive operations of March-April 1944, comrade Rozental set up his hospital in four
different locations (Zhabinka, Mankovka, Dzhulinka, and Dzygovka), leaving personnel in each of these to provide
medical care; he himself, present in all of these locations, worked tirelessly to ensure the wounded were admitted and
received long-term treatment, since evacuation routes were absent.
Comrade Rozental, who always follows the Army's Medical Service's orders, ensures that the hospital
acts in a timely manner and functions efficiently, instilling in his team a sense of dedication to their motherland
and cultivating enthusiasm for their job and a cordial attitude toward the wounded.
He deserves the Order of the Red Star.
Interim chief of the Medical Service of the 2nd Tank Army
Major of the Medical Service [signed] /Volosevich/
April 20, 1944
Lieutenant Colonel of the Medical Service Rafail Yakovlevich Rozental
Order of the Red Star nr. 695997, obverse and reverse
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