Artemy Terentievich Gerasimov

During the battle for the village of Panino in the Kalinskaya Oblast in August 1943, he fought as a rifleman in the 914th Rifle Regiment. He demonstrated courage and bravery in fierce fighting. He used grenades to blow up enemy dugouts, thereby facilitating the unit's rapid advance. He killed four Nazis and was slightly wounded. During the battle for the village of Bershad in the Vinnytsia Oblast on March 15, 1944, he fought as a rifleman in the 5th Tank Division. Working together in tank units, the riflemen's units facilitated the rapid advance and destruction of enemy personnel and equipment. During the complete expulsion of the Germans and the liberation of the village of Bershad, he was slightly wounded a second time. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star.