Kasatkin, Nikolay Yakovlevich

Date of birth:: December 23rd, 1924 (Romodanovo, Soviet Union)
Date of death:: March 27th, 1945 (Germany)
Buried on:: Soviet-Polish War Cemetery Myślibórz
Nationality:: Soviet

Biography

Guards 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:: 65th Guards Tank Brigade, 9th Guards Tank Corps, 2nd Guards Tank Army, 1st Byelorussian Front
Awarded on:: March 24th, 1945

Kasatkin destroyed four vehicles and more than 100 enemy soldiers during the capture of a crossing near Bromberg. He also captured one officer and five soldiers.

Posthumously awarded

Orden Lenina

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: 65th Guards Tank Brigade, 9th Guards Tank Corps, 2nd Guards Tank Army, 1st Byelorussian Front
Awarded on:: March 24th, 1945

Posthumously awarded