Shabalin Dmitry Efimovich was born in 1917 and enlisted in the army in 1939 through the Togul District Military Commissariat. He participated in the liberation of China from Japanese imperialists as part of the Second Far Eastern Front serving as a driver with the rank of senior sergeant. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War II degree, medals “For Victory over Japan,” “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945”, and commemorative medals. He was demobilized from the army in 1946.