Aleksei Viktorovich Selegenenko

Aleksei Viktorovich Selegenenko

Medal for Combat Merit nr. 31620 was awarded by Order of the 14th Army of July 23, 1942 to 41- or 42-year-old Military Veterinarian 3rd Grade (Captain of the Veterinary Service) Aleksei Viktorovich Selegenenko, chief of the Therapeutic Section of Army Veterinary Hospital nr. 669, 14th Army, Karelian Front.

Award citation

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Last name, first name and patronymic: Selegenenko, Aleksei Viktorovich
Military rank: Military Veterinarian 3rd Grade
Position and unit: Chief of the Therapeutic Section of Army Veterinary Hospital nr. 669, 14th Army

Nominated for: Medal for Combat Merit

1. Year of birth: 1900
2. Nationality: Russian
3. Since when in the Red Army: June 23, 1941
4. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party since 1926, party membership booklet nr. 2160352
5. Participation in combat (where and when): No
6. Wounds and contusions received: No
7. Awards received previously (for which merits): None
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Kuibyshev Raion, city of Leningrad
9. Permanent home address (of the prospective awardee or his family): 14 Herzen Street, apartment 55, room 8, city of Leningrad

Short, concrete description of the personal combat feat or merits:

Comrade Selegenenko, who has been serving as chief of the Therapeutic Section of Army Veterinary Hospital nr. 669 since the very first days of the Patriotic War, has proven to be dedicated to the motherland.

Through his selfless and diligent efforts, comrade Selegenenko's Therapeutic Section was able to cure 87.7 percent of all admitted horses over the course of the year, with an annual average treatment duration of 25.3 days.

In December 1941, upon receiving notification that his only son had been killed in action on the Leningrad Front in combat with the German-fascist invaders, comrade Selegenenko did not slacken his efforts, on the contrary; with even greater dedication he committed himself to his work. In the second half of the year his section cured 93.5 percent of all horses admitted, with an average treatment period of 20.7 days.

Comrade Selegenenko fully deserves to be awarded the Medal for Combat Merit.

He deserves to be awarded the Medal for Combat Merit.

Chief of the Veterinary Service of the 14th Army
Military Veterinarian 1st Grade [signed]
July 6, 1942

Medal for Combat Merit nr. 31620, reverse

Medal for Combat Merit nr. 31620, obverse and reverse