Vasily Zamyatin was born in 1916, was called up to the front by the Krasnoslobodsky District Military Commissariate in 1941. In the armed forces of the Don Front - in 1942. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star and the Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad as a Specialist and gunner of the 979th Artillery Regiment of the 173rd Rifle Division._x000D_
In the armed forces of the Belorussian Front - in 1943. He was awarded the Order of Glory of the 3rd degree as a Gards Sergeant and gun commander of the 2nd Battery of the 156th Guards Artillery Regiment._x000D_
Died 13.02.1945._x000D_
In 1945, in the armed forces of the 1st Belorussian front with the rank of Guard Sergeant Major, as a gun commander of the 2nd battery of the 156th Guards Artillery Regiment of the 77th Guards Chernihiv Order of Lenin of the Red Banner and the Order of Suvorov Rifle Division, V. Zamyatin was posthumously awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd degree._x000D_
He was buried in Poland, 1.8 km South of Frankfurt am Oder (Germany). Type of burial: mass grave, Gejowskie Voivodeship, the city of Sochi, street of the Polish Army. Thanks to data from websites about veterans, the family learned about the burial site. From the archives of the Ministry of Defence, it became known about all the awards and a description of the military merits of Vasily._x000D_
Vasily's siblings, Stepan (born in 1913) and Semyon (born in 1922), returned from the front and have military awards.
Vasily Zamyatin
Vasily Zamyatin was born in 1916, was called up to the front by the Krasnoslobodsky District Military Commissariate in 1941. In the armed forces of the Don Front - in 1942. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star and the Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad as a Specialist and gunner of the 979th Artillery Regiment of the 173rd Rifle Division._x000D_
In the armed forces of the Belorussian Front - in 1943. He was awarded the Order of Glory of the 3rd degree as a Gards Sergeant and gun commander of the 2nd Battery of the 156th Guards Artillery Regiment._x000D_
Died 13.02.1945._x000D_
In 1945, in the armed forces of the 1st Belorussian front with the rank of Guard Sergeant Major, as a gun commander of the 2nd battery of the 156th Guards Artillery Regiment of the 77th Guards Chernihiv Order of Lenin of the Red Banner and the Order of Suvorov Rifle Division, V. Zamyatin was posthumously awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd degree._x000D_
He was buried in Poland, 1.8 km South of Frankfurt am Oder (Germany). Type of burial: mass grave, Gejowskie Voivodeship, the city of Sochi, street of the Polish Army. Thanks to data from websites about veterans, the family learned about the burial site. From the archives of the Ministry of Defence, it became known about all the awards and a description of the military merits of Vasily._x000D_
Vasily's siblings, Stepan (born in 1913) and Semyon (born in 1922), returned from the front and have military awards.