Rank: Sergeant_x000D_ Branch of troops: ground forces, air force (except naval aviation), coastal service, NKVD troops, border troops. _x000D_ Division: 55th Cavalry Division. _x000D_ Не was born on August 5, 1922 in the village of Rynok, Ikryaninsky District, Stalingrad Region. On December 8, 1942, he volunteered for the war front, due to illness he was not called up. He was sent to fight in the cavalry near Stalingrad, in the area of Kotelnikovo. Being in the 8th Cavalry Corps, the 55th Cavalry Division in January 1943 he liberated the city and the Morozovsk railway station with a swift attack. Then moving forward, the Tatsinskaya station, Belaya Kalitva were liberated with stubborn battles._x000D_ In early February 1943, having broken through the Nazi defenses, the 55th cavalry Division entered the Donbass raid along the rear of the German troops south of Voroshilovgrad. Liberating the left-bank Ukraine, the village of Typichev, Gorodnyansky district of the Chernigov Region, Sergeant Sumenkin Boris Fedorovich was awarded the medal "For Courage" for the accomplished efforts of the Guard. The report reads: _x000D_ "For the fact that during the offensive on Tupichev on September 23, 1943, under rifle fire, he disabled the enemy's crew and heavy machine gun. He helped the adjoining platoon move forward and capture the enemy's firing depot." _x000D_ Having liberated the city of Chernigov, the cavalry crossed the river Dnieper on the move and seized a foot strong on its western bank in the Dymarka and Nedanchichi Region. _x000D_ Since January 1944, liberating Belarus from the Nazi invaders, he had taken part in the Mozyr operation, where he was wounded. After being cured, he was declared unfit for military service. On April 6, 1985 he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree.