Vasily Danko biography

The tombstone of Danko Vasily Iosifovich is the commander of the battalion of the Guards Rifle Regiment I am the Guards Rifle Division, I am the army, the steppe front, the Guard Captain. Born on March 21, in the village of New Astrakhan now, Kremensky district of the Lugansk region, Ukraine in a peasant family. He graduated from 10 classes and 3 courses of the Faculty of Workers' Faculty of the Rubezhansky Chemical and Technology Institute.

He worked as a commercial director of the Rubezhansky branch of the Don-Moloko department. He was drafted into the army in September of the year by the Rubezhansky district military enlistment office. In the year he graduated from the Grozny Military Infantry School. During the Great Patriotic War in the army since July. Four times was wounded, shell -shocked twice.

Especially distinguished in the Poltava-Kremenchug offensive operation in the forcing of the Dnieper. On the night of September 28, at the head of the assault group, in the amount of 90 fighters of his battalion, he successfully crossed the Dnieper through the northern tip of the island on the river in the area of ​​the village of Kutsevolovka, Onufrievsky district of the Kirovograd region, a sudden blow knocked over the enemy and seized a bridgehead on the right bank of the river.

After crossing the regiment, he participated in the capture of the enemy’s stronghold in the village of Kutsevolovka, reflected the counterattacks of enemy infantry, tanks and assault guns and ensured the crossing of other divisions of the division. Subsequently, V. Danko participated on the steppe from October 20-the 2nd Ukrainian Front on October 15-November 20 and Znamenskaya on November 20-December 23 of the year of offensive operations.

Since January 1, on the 2nd Ukrainian Front, the Army participated in the Kirovograd offensive operation. In battles near Kirovograd, he was seriously wounded and shell -shocked. After treatment at the hospital, he was sent to the Higher Officer Courses “Shot”, and after their successful end in February-to the 2nd Ukrainian Front, in the Yu Guards Division.

As part of the Army, and then the deputy commander of the regiment participated in Vienna on March 16 - April 15 and Prague on May of the year of strategic offensive operations. After the Great Patriotic War, V. Danko participated on the Trans-Baikal Front as part of the Army in the Soviet-Japanese war on August 9-September 2, in which the army during the Hingano-Mukden operation took a multi-day campaign from the territory of Mongolia through the desert and the main ridge of the Great Hingan, then was introduced between the Y and the 6th Guards Tank Armies and expanded and expanded and expanded and launched The attack towards the troops of the 1st Far Eastern Front, providing the environment of the Japanese troops.

Since the year, Major V. Danko is in stock. He graduated from the Higher Party School. Then he moved to Kharkov. He worked as the director of the Elekhoztekhnika office. He died on January 10 of the year. He was awarded the orders of Lenin Danko from a year on the Western Front in the defense of Moscow; on the Stalingrad Front in July - August in the defense of Stalingrad in defensive and offensive battles in the Don in the Rifle Division in the city of Serafimovich; On the Voronezh Front in October-December of the year as part of the Rifle Division of the 6th Army in battles in the Voronezh region.

The senior adjutant of the battalion of the Rifle Regiment, Lieutenant V. Danko, in offensive battles on December 12 and 13, in the village of Novy Kalitva, the Rossoshansky district of the Voronezh region for two fortified heights, took the units on the attack twice, took heights, destroying up to three enemy infantry companies. For the difference in battle, he was awarded the medal "For Military Merit".

In this division, as part of the 3rd Panzer Army on the Voronezh Front, V. Danko participated since February 2 in the Kharkov offensive operation. On the first day of the offensive, he was wounded and sent to the hospital. After the cure of March 9, he returned to his division and during the German counterattack participated in defensive battles on Voronezh, and then the Southwestern Front in the Kharkov region.

The senior adjutant of the battalion of the Guards Rifle Regiment of the Guard, Senior Lieutenant V. Danko, led a group of fighters and commanders with weapons and was awarded the Order of the Red Star. From August 26 to September 30, on the Steppe Front, as part of the Army, he participated in the Poltava-Kremenchug offensive operation, the component of the Chernihiv-Poltava strategic operation, during which I was moving in the second echelon of the front, following the army.

Having made a forced march along the left -bank Ukraine, I went to the Dnieper south of the city of Kremenchug the Poltava region at the end of September, forced the Dnieper and captured the bridgehead on its right bank at the end of September. Danko especially distinguished himself in this operation. From the award sheet of the guard, Captain Danko Vasily Iosifovich was the first to force the Dnieper with his battalion in the area of ​​the village of Kutsevolovka, the Onufrievsky district of the Kirovograd region and entered a fierce battle with the Nazis for expanding the bridgehead on the right bank of the Dnieper River.Being directly in the battle formations of the battalion, Guard Captain Danko with a personal example of courage and heroism inspired the fighters and commanders to commit heroic acts.

The guard Captain Danko was the first to burst into the village of Kutsevolovka with his battalion and in a fierce battle with German infantry and tanks captured Kutsevolovka.

By order of the command of the guard, Captain Danko captured the dominant height, 4 and threw the superior enemy forces far west. The battalion under the command of the guard of Captain Danko provided a bridgehead in the indicated area for the deployment of large forces of the Red Army. For the skillful leadership of the battalion when crossing the Dnieper River, for bold maneuvers in battles with German invaders, for personal heroism and courage of the guard, Captain Danko Vasily Iosifovich is worthy of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

The commander of the Guards Rifle Regiment of the Guard, Colonel Antonov, on October 19, in the preparation of the biography, in addition to the sources given, used materials from the city’s sites Rubezhnoye winners and the Baku Higher Combined Archive School BVOK. The biography was prepared by:.