CITY: Log village, Leninsky District, Oryol Region DATE OF BIRTH: 02/07/1904 DATE OF DEATH: 12/24/1962 HISTORY: Title: Senior Sergeant Type of Troops: Ground Forces, Air Force (except naval aviation), coastal service, NKVD troops, border troops Subdivision : 80th Luban Rifle Division of the Order of Kutuzov Born on February 7, 1904 in the village of Log, now in the Leninsky District of the Oryol Region, into a peasant family. Russian. He graduated from 7 classes of the Parochial school. He worked on a collective farm, at a factory in the Shchelkovsky district of the Moscow region. In the Red Army since 1941. In the battles of the Great Patriotic War in September of the same year, he became a mortarman. He fought on the Leningrad front. Member of the CPSU (b) / CPSU since 1943. Was the number of the crew of the 120-mm mortar of the 143rd Infantry Regiment of the 224th Infantry Division. In the battles for the Sinyavinsky Heights, when the connection between the firing position and the observation post was interrupted, and the telephone operator was out of order, Afonin, despite strong fire, restored the damaged cable. He was awarded the medal "For Courage." On January 26, 1944, in the battle for the liberation of the city of Gatchina, Leningrad Region, from the explosion of an enemy shell, the entire crew was out of action. Senior sergeant Afonin, left alone, being wounded, independently fired from a mortar, destroyed over 12 enemy soldiers, thereby facilitating the advance of the infantry. By order of February 1, 1944, senior sergeant Afonin Fyodor Ivanovich was awarded the Order of Glory 3rd degree (No. 18130). After treatment in the hospital, Afonin was sent to the 80th rifle division, was appointed commander of the 82-mm mortar of the 77th rifle regiment ... He took part in the battles for the liberation of Poland, fought on the Sandomierz bridgehead and in Southern Silesia, beat the Nazis in Germany. On March 25, 1945, in the battle for the village of Greflich-Wiese (southwest of the city of Neustadt, Germany, now the city of Prudnik Poland), senior sergeant Afonin, on his own initiative, put forward a mortar into the battle formations of a rifle company and destroyed four firing points. On the same day, when repelling an enemy counterattack, the calculation suppressed the heavy machine gun and destroyed the Nazis before the platoon. By order of April 11, 1945, senior sergeant Afonin Fyodor Ivanovich was awarded the Order of Glory, 2nd degree (No. 14615). On May 7, 1945, in a battle southeast of the village of Strehlen (Germany) (now the city of Strzelin, Poland), the commander of the mortar squad Afonin, as noted in the award list, “… skillfully chose a firing position and with well-aimed shots suppressed seven and destroyed three enemy machine guns. In this battle, his crew destroyed about twenty-five Nazis. Despite the injury, Sergeant Afonin remained in the ranks and continued to lead the crew until the settlement was taken. " By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 27, 1945 for courage, courage and heroism shown in the struggle against the Nazi invaders, senior sergeant Afonin Fedor Ivanovich was awarded the Order of Glory, 1st degree (No. 873). He became a full Knight of the Order of Glory. In 1946, after demobilization, he returned home. He lived in the village of Biokombinata, Shchelkovsky District, Moscow Region. Worked as a purchasing agent in a factory. Died on December 24, 1962. Awarded with the Orders of Glory of 3 degrees, medals. Dates of decrees: 02/01/1944 (Order No. 18130); 04/11/1945 (Order No. 14615); 06/27/1945 (Order number 873).