Rank: Colonel. Military branch: Artillery. Unit: 164th Rifle Division (1st formation). He was drafted into the army in early 1943, with the rank of Private. At first, he was an infantryman, and after being wounded, he was transferred to the artillery. Where he received the Order of the great Patriotic War of 2nd class and the Order of the Red Star. During the war and after it, he received 21 medals, including the following: the Medal ""For bravery"", the Medal ""For combat fightings"", the Medal ""For courage"", the Medal named after Georgy Zhukov, the Medal ""For rescue of the Republic of Belarus from the Nazi invaders"". He had one light and serious wounds during the war. He developed from a technical Lieutenant to a Colonel during his service. I found his Award list from the 84th Rifle Corps of the Red Army (August ,1944). Goncharov Mikhail Vasilyevich, the gunner of the 5th battery of the 494th Artillery Regiment of the 164th Rifle Combat Division. His feat was marked as the following: "" On June 23,1944 T. Goncharov destroyed two enemy machine-gun points that prevented the advance of our infantry when breaking through the German defenses in the area of Zamoshentsy village. On June 26,1944 he destroyed up to 20 enemy soldiers in the Sharki area, during the reflection of the enemy counterattack. On the night of June 26,1944 to June 27,1944 in the area of Otwarty village , reflecting the opponent's counterattack, he destroyed 15 enemy soldiers. He was given the Order of the ""Patriotic war of the 2nd class"" for the bravery.He was also awarded the Medal ""For bravery"" at the end of the war: ""Junior Sergeant Goncharov M. V., the gunner of the battery, destroyed from his gun: one light machine gun, up to 10 soldiers and officers, smashed a house with an enemy machine-gun in the area of the Libyi village. On January 24,1945 destroyed the enemy machine-gun being under the heavy fire»"