AWARD CITATION

1. Last Name, First Name, Middle Name: Mamenko, Stepan Stepanovich.

2. Position, Unit: Former tank radio operator.

3. Military Rank: Sergeant of the 1132^nd Rifle Regiment of the 342^nd Rifle Division of the 30^th Army of the Central Front. Later, the cashier at the “Trydovik” collective farm in the Kotovsky area.

        Recommended for: The Order of Great Patriotic War of the 1^st Class

4. Year of Birth: 1921.

5. Nationality: Ukrainian.

6. Party Membership: Not a party member.

7. Service in the Civil War, in later Battles in Service of the USSR and in the GPW (when and where): Participated in Great Patriotic War from 22 June 1941 to 22 August 1942 in the 1150^th Rifle Regiment of the 336^th Rifle Division; From 25 October 1942 to 1 January 1943 in the 1132^nd Rifle Regiment of the 342^nd Rifle Division of the 30^th Army of the Central Front.

8.  Have any Wounds or Contusions in the Great Patriotic War: Light wound on 15 August 1941 in the arm under Krel….chygom (DAVE, CAN’T READ THE NAME OF THE PLACE PROPERLY); contusion on 5 September 1941; contusion on 3 October 1941; heavily wounded (both feet amputated) on 1 January 1943 (in the direction of Rzhevsk.) 

9.  From Which Time with the Red Army: From May 1941. Dismissed in June 1943.

10.  Which Call-Up Station: Kotovsky call-up station, Dnepropetrovskaya  Oblast.

11.  Received Which Awards (from which order): None.

12.  Home Address: Village of Kotovka, Kotovsky Area, Dnepropetrovskaya Oblast. Family resides at same address.

Tank radio operator Mamenko was among the advancing troops during the attack on Rzhev as a part of the 1132^nd Rifle Regiment of the 342^nd Rifle Division of the 30^th Army of the Central Front. Tank’s Commander was killed in combat on 31 December 1942. Sergeant Mamenko assumed the command of the tank. Mamenko’s tank, having advanced, crushed up to 30 Germans, three mortar detachments and a battery of 45mm guns.

The enemy fought back fiercely. Heavy artillery of the Germans opened fire on Sergeant Mamenko’s tank. The tank was hit. Sergeant Mamenko was heavily wounded on 1 January 1943. Both of his legs were amputated below the knee. At this time he is an invalid of the 1^st Group.

Chairman of the Commission:

Chairman of the Area Executive Council                                                          Tayachik

Members:

Secretary of the RK KP/b/Y                                                                          Trylov

Kotovsky Area Military Committee:                                                                 Captain Kolovoyev