Golovko, Yakov Pavlovich

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Date of birth:: December 9th, 1923 (Palievka, Soviet Union)
Date of death:: March 23rd, 1945 (Germany)
Nationality:: Soviet

Biography

Lieutenant. Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Orden Krasnoi Zvezdy

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 2

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Medal "Zolotaya Zvezda" (Geroi Sovetskogo Soyuza)

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

Orden Lenina

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

Posthumously awarded

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