On April 26, 1942, he was drafted into the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army by the Plesetsk District Military Commissariat of the Arkhangelsk Region of the Plesetsk District to serve as a senior sergeant in the 38th Guards Tank Regiment on a T-34 tank as a radio operator - gunner. Volkhov front from June 1942 to March 1943. 3rd Ukrainian Front from September 1943 to December 1943. 4th Ukrainian Front from December 1943 to February 1944. On October 17, 1943, in battles with the enemy in the vicinity of the farm Bezymianny field camp, in the rank of radio operator-gunner of the T-34 tank of the 1st platoon commander, he ensured the execution of a combat order - he destroyed 20 Nazis from his machine gun. On October 27, 1943, on behalf of the President of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, on behalf of the President of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, he was awarded the medal “For Courage” for the exemplary performance of military missions of the command on the front against the German invaders and for the “valor and courage” shown at the same time. Signature: Commander of the 38th Guards Tank Regiment, Guards Major - Konstantinov Chief of Staff of the 38th Guards Tank Regiment - Spirin. Then, in the rank of junior lieutenant of the guard, as the commander of the self-propelled unit -SU-76 498 of a separate self-propelled artillery division, working on this machine with the crossing of the State border in difficult conditions: in a mountain-wooded-swampy area in a combat situation, he made a march without a single breakdown and accident ... In a battle during an attack by a sabotage group with a battalion in the middle of an ambush patrol with the rank of junior lieutenant, he organized an all-round defense by his crew members and at night on August 21, 1945 fired to destroy the enemy. Making a march in difficult conditions, driving a car in a guide column under fire, clearing its path from enemy mines, without delaying the advance of the column, timely completed the assigned task and arrived at the appointed area at the appointed time - by doing this he made reconnaissance of the path: at the same time he showed himself courageous , decisive and resourceful. For such a feat, by order of August 29, 1945, the 159th Vitebsk Infantry Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division on behalf of the President of the USSR Supreme Soviet for exemplary fulfillment of command assignments on the front of the struggle against the Japanese imperialists and the valor and courage shown at the same time to be awarded the Order of the Red Star. Signed: Commander of the 159th Rifle Vitebsk Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division, Major General Kalinin. Porshneva Alexandra Nikolaevna: “I believe that my uncle“ Hero ”, after all, he was a very young boy at that time, however, he was brave, decisive, resourceful in the fight against the enemy, he defended all of us from enemies, he is a real defender of our Motherland ! "