CITY: Voronezh region, Novo-Usmansky district, with. Usman-3 DATE OF BIRTH: 09/18/1921 DATE OF DEATH: 10/27/1996 HISTORY: Title: Junior Sergeant. Type of troops: Artillery. Division: 176th Infantry Division (1st Formation). In the ranks of the Red Army since 1940, he was awarded the badge "Excellent intelligence officer". Repeatedly distinguished himself in the battles on the Karelian sector of the front in reconnaissance of enemy fire weapons. A participant in the battles in the Polotsk direction, where he was slightly wounded on July 20, 1941. In the battles during the offensive, he found and spotted personally: 9 artillery batteries, 2 observation posts, 4 bunkers and many groups of White Finns. By order of the 728th artillery regiment No. 029 of August 29, 1944, he was awarded the medal "For Courage" (Suoyarva direction of the Karelian Front). In the battle on February 15, 1945, in the outskirts of the city of Zinten, he took part in the assault on the corps of the military town barracks, destroyed 10 enemy soldiers with personal weapon fire. By order of the 176th Infantry Division No. 013 / n of February 28, 1945 (Konigsbeg direction of the 3rd Belorussian Front), he was awarded the Order of Glory, third degree. In battle on March 11, 1945, the commander of the reconnaissance squad of 3 batteries ml. Sergeant V.I. Likhachev, being in the battle formations of our infantry, in dangerous conditions for life, monitored the enemy. Having found 2 well-disguised enemy machine guns, he timely gave target designation to the division command post, as a result of which the machine guns were destroyed by artillery fire and the success of the infantry's actions was ensured. On March 17, 1945, under the fire of enemy machine guns and machine guns, risking his own life, he carried the seriously wounded commander of the 3rd battery, Lieutenant Semakov, from the battlefield, thereby saving his life. He was awarded the Order of Glory, second degree. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree.