Rank: Petty Officer._x000D_ Branch of Service: Ground Forces, Air Force (except Naval Aviation), Coast Guard, NKVD troops, Border Guard._x000D_ Duty station: 171st Rifle Division (1st formation)._x000D_ Sobolev Vasiliy Vasilyevich, 21.07.1918 - date of birth._x000D_ Called up to the Red Army 24.09.1938 Kologriv and District Military Commissariat of Gorky Region. He took the military oath on 01.03.1939._x000D_ 18.01.1941 year - North-Western Front._x000D_ 19.12.1943 year - Baltic Front._x000D_ From 23.07.1943 to 26.10.1943 - Petty Officer of the 4th Machine-gun company, 525th Rifle Regiment, 171th Rifle Division, later the 10th Flamethrower Battalion of the same regiment._x000D_ In the Red Army book entry "for exemplary performance of the task of the front command was awarded the medal "For Bravery", number 3006 order for part 140 ZSP #0521 from 07.07.1943._x000D_ During the war, he was wounded 7 times (three times in the neck)._x000D_ Injuries, the North-Western Front:_x000D_ - 15.02.1942_x000D_ - 20.04.1942_x000D_ - 19.08.1943_x000D_ - 26.12.1943_x000D_ Demobilized on the basis of the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from 25.09.1945, as a non-combat Sergeant 2B group. Order for for the unit #77 D from 22.11.1945 - Commander of the Artillery detachment Captain Kuskov._x000D_ 27.12.1945 year arrived on demobilization, issued a military ID._x000D_ He didn't like to talk._x000D_ Just before the Victory, he was seriously wounded._x000D_ After being discharged, he immediately got married. Wife - Valentina Soboleva (Smirnova), 02.02.1921 -date of birth._x000D_ He worked in the timber industry._x000D_ Until 1974, they lived in the village of Azhuga, Kologrivskiy District, Kostroma Region._x000D_ In 1974, together with his wife, he moved to the village of Bolshoe-Kuzminskoye, Kolchuginskiy District, Vladimir Region.