Rank: Lieutenant Colonel _x000D_ Branch of troops: Artillery_x000D_ Unit: 108th Infantry Bobruisk Order of Lenin Red Banner Division. _x000D_ Panteley Mikhailovich was born in the village of Chervone, Sitkovetsky District (now Nemirovsky), Vinnytsia Region on August 07, 1926. He was enlisted on 04.24.1944 by the Sitkovets military enlistment office. He took the oath on 05/29/1944. Since August 1944, he had been at 1st Belorussian Front, 84th mortar Battalion, mortar operator of a training company, 09/20/1944 he left for the marching company No. 17872. _x000D_ On September 23, 1944, he was a mortarman of the Motorized Rifle and Machine Gun Battalion of the 108th Tank Brigade. _x000D_ Commander-in-Chief Marshal of the Soviet Union, Comrade I. Stalin, expressed gratitude for participation in the battles against the Nazi invaders: _x000D_ 1. For breaking through the German defense on the western bank of the Vistula. Order of the VG I. Stalin No. 221 of January 16, 1945; _x000D_ 2. For capture of the large industrial center of Poland, the city of Radom. Order of the VG I. Stalin No. 222 of January 16, 1945; _x000D_ 3. For capture of the largest industrial center in Poland, the city of Lodz and the cities of Kutno, Tomaszow (Tomashov), Gostynin and Leczyca, the important communication centers and strongholds of the Germans' defense. Order of the VG I. Stalin No. 223 of 01/19/1945; _x000D_ 4. By the end of January 23, they seized the city of Kalisz by attack, an important communications center and a strong stronghold for the German defense in the Breslav direction. Order of the VG I. Stalin No. 250 dated 01.24.1945; _x000D_ 5. For a successful offensive west and south-west of Poznan, crossing the German border, invading the Brandenburg province, capturing the cities of Landsberg, Meseritz, Schwibus and Züllichau, large communication centers and powerful German defense strongholds covering the approaches to Frankfurt on the Oder ... Order of VG I. Stalin No. 226 of 01/31/1945; _x000D_ 6. For breaking through the heavily fortified German defense east of the city of Stargard, moving forward in four days of offensive battles up to 100 kilometers and reaching the coast of the Baltic Sea near the city of Kohlberg. The capture of the cities of Berwalde, Tempelburg, Falkenburg, Dramburg, Wangerin, Labes, Freienwalde, Schiefelbein, Regenwalde and Kerlin, important communication centers and strong strongholds of the German defense in Pomerania. Order of VG I. Stalin No. 288 of 03/04/1945; _x000D_ 7. For capture of the cities of Stargard, Naugard, Poltsin, important communication centers and powerful strongholds of the German defense in the Stettin direction. Order of VG I. Stalin No. 290 dated 03/05/1945; _x000D_ 8. For capture of the cities of Gollnov, Stepenitz and Mass - important strongholds of the German defense on the outskirts of Stettin. Order of VG I. Stalin No. 295 of 03/05/1945; _x000D_ 9. For capture of the city of Altdam and liquidation of the heavily fortified German foothold on the right bank of the Oder River east of Stettin. Order of the VG I. Stalin No. 304 of 03/20/1945; _x000D_ 10. For an offensive from footholds on the western bank of the Oder, with the support of massive Artillery and air strikes, breaking through the heavily fortified, deeply echeloned German defense that covered Berlin from the east, moving forward from 60 to 100 kilometers. Capturing the cities of Frankfurt an der Oder, Wandlitz, Oranienburg, Birkenwerder, Hennigsdorf, Pankow, Friedrichsfelde, Karlshorst, Köpenick and the entrance to the German capital Berlin. Order of VG I. Stalin No. 339 of 04/23/1945; _x000D_ 11. For the completion of the defeat of the Berlin group of German forces and on May 2, for the complete capture of the capital of Germany, the city of Berlin - the center of German imperialism and a hotbed of German aggression. Order of VG I. Stalin No. 359 of 05/02/1945; _x000D_ Pantelei Mikhailovich continued to serve in the city of Berlin until 1950. He was transferred from the Armed Forces of the USSR to the reserve on 01/28/1977.