Ivan Ivanovich Vinogradov

Ivan Ivanovich Vinogradov

Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class nr. 49964 was posthumously awarded by Order of the 5th Guards Rifle Corps of July 7, 1944 to 25- or 26-year-old Senior Lieutenant Ivan Ivanovich Vinogradov, reconnaissance officer of the 45th Guards Rifle Regiment, 17th Guards Rifle Division, 5th Guards Rifle Corps, 39th Army, 3rd Belorussian Front.

Senior Lieutenant Vinogradov was killed in action on June 25, 1944, at the age of 25 or 26.

Ivan Ivanovich Vinogradov 1918 - June 25, 1944
Promotions	Date
Lieutenant	May 26, 1943
Senior Lieutenant	June 21, 1944

Award citation [for his Red Star]

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1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Vinogradov, Ivan Ivanovich
2. Rank: Guards Junior Lieutenant
3. Position and unit: Reconnaissance platoon leader in the 28th Guards Headquarters Company, 28th Guards Independent Tank Brigade

Nominated for: Order of the Red Star

4. Year of birth: 1918
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Komsomol
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): Has been participating in the Patriotic War on the Kalinin Front since May 15, 1942
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Wounded on April 17, 1943
9. Since when in the Red Army: May 5, 1942
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Rybinsk Raion, Yaroslavl Oblast
11. Awards received previously (for which merits): None
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: _______

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

During the period of combat operations between September 14, 1943 and September 19, 1943 near the villages of Malo-Beresnevo, Braklitsa, and Kaloshino, comrade Vinogradov maintained the uninterrupted communications between the tanks and the neighbouring units under heavy enemy artillery, mortar, and machine-gun fire. Crawling and then suddenly running he made his way to the tanks to inform them about the enemy. To the forward tanks he pointed out the locations of the enemy firing positions. Under a hailstorm of enemy fire he reconnoitered a crossing for the tanks across a water barrier and regulated the tank crossing across the river.

For bravery, boldness, and courage displayed during the fighting with the German invaders, he is being nominated for the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 28th Guards Headquarters Company
Guards Senior Lieutenant [signed] /Bespalov/
September 21, 1943

Award citation [for his OPW1]

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Vinogradov, Ivan Ivanovich
2. Rank: Guards Lieutenant
3. Position and unit: Reconnaissance officer of the 45th Guards Rifle Regiment, 17th Guards Dukhovshchina Red Banner Rifle Division

Nominated for: Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class

4. Year of birth: 1918
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Candidate member of the Communist Party since 1943, nr. 6180553
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where and when): Has been participating in the Patriotic War since May 15, 1942 on the Kalinin, Western, and 3rd Belorussian Front
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: Severely wounded on August 1, 1942 on the Kalinin Front, slightly wounded on January 3, 1943 and September 25, 1943 on the Kalinin Front. Killed in action on June 25, 1944
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since 1942
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Rybinsk Raion, Yaroslavl Oblast
11. Awards received previously (for which merits): Order of the Red Star by Order of the 28th Guards Tank Brigade nr. 0164/N of October 1, 1943
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: Village of Polyanki, Seryozhinsky Raion, Kalinin Oblast. Mother: Yevdokia Antonovna Vinogradova

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

During the fighting between June 23 and 25, 1944, in an attempt to break through the enemy defenses near the village of Sharka in the Vitebsk Raion of the Vitebsk Oblast, comrade Vinogradov skillfully organized the regiment's reconnaissance missions.

On June 25, 1944, near the village of Komara, comrade Vinogradov and a group of scouts blew up the crossing across the Western Dvina River under heavy enemy artillery and machine-gun fire, not permitting the enemy to cross the river.

During this battle comrade Vinogradov died the death of heroes. During the fighting between June 23 and 25, under the leadership of comrade Vinogradov approximately 75 soldiers and officers were taken prisoner, while 45 horses, 15 vehicles, 4 motorcycles, and 7 machine guns were captured. With his personal weapon Vinogradov himself killed 8 Hitlerites.

For skillfully organizing the combat reconnaissance and the bravery and boldness displayed in the process, comrade Vinogradov deserves to be awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class posthumously.

Commander of the 45th Guards Rifle Regiment
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Yefimov/
July 3, 1944

Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class nr. 49964, obverse and reverse