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Wysotsky, Vladislav W.

    Date of birth:
    1908
    Date of death:
    October 12th, 1943 (Orscha/Lenino, Belarus)
    Buried on:
    Polish War Cemetery Lenino
    Nationality:
    Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

    Biography

    Vladislav Wyosetsky was a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union after the USSR occupied a part of Poland in 1939. In May 1943 he joined the newly formed Polish Army in the Soviet Union. In October 1943 he was promoted to Captain and was the Commander of the 3rd Battalion with the Kościusz - Division.
    Captain Vladislav W Wysotsky was killed during the battle for Orscha near Lenino in the Vitebsk-Orscha-Mogilev area on 12.10.1943.
    He was posthumously awarded the "Hero of the Soviet Union" on 11/11/1943.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    November 11th, 1943
    Medal
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    November 11th, 1943

    Goes with the Gold Star
    Orden Lenina

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