Roshupkin Vasily Efimovich_x000D_ _x000D_ He was born on November 22, 1924 in the Voronezh region, Abramovsky district, Dobrinsky village, village Centralny. In 1942, he was called up for military service by the Abramov RVC. He took the military oath on November 7, 1942. He fought on the 2nd Belorussian front, was the commander of the SU-76. He was wounded twice: in July 1944 - near Mogilev and in October 1944 - in Poland, Ostrov-Mazowiecki (before the battle, he was lying under a tank and examined the bottom, and the crew was resting at the barn, suddenly flew "Messer" and shot everyone,and he shot only his legs). Then he was sent to the war with Japan on the Trans-Baikal front, the 492nd separate self-propelled artillery division-commander of the SU-76. As part of the Soviet troops, he was in Mongolia and China. In 1945 he was awarded the order of the red Star and the medal "for military merit", and in 1946 - medals: "For the Victory over Germany in WWII 1941-1945" and "for the Victory over Japan". He served in the 209th Khingan rifle division. After the war, he continued to serve in The armed forces of the USSR in the Trans-Baikal military district (siding 77, Haranor, Dauria, macievskaya, Zabaikalsk, Manchuria). Served as a platoon commander, battery, tank company, Deputy chief of staff of a tank regiment. In 1957 he was transferred to the Belarusian military district in Urechye, Slutsk district, Minsk region. V / h 61438 and served as chief of staff, commander of a tank battalion, Deputy commander of a regiment. In 1966, he was transferred to the city of Polotsk in the Vitebsk region as a commander of a tank regiment (he was 42 years old). In August 1968 for health reasons (during exercises at the training ground, a tank had a heart attack) he was dismissed to the reserve with the rank of Colonel. Until the end of his life, his heart and soul remained a tank driver and a military man. He died on may 26, 1991.