Ivan Prokofievich Afanasenko (Russian: Иван Прокофьевич Афанасенко; 16 January 1923 – 11 September 1975) was a Red Army Sergeant and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Afanasenko was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for reportedly crossing the Danube multiple times under fire between 4 December and 5 December 1944. Postwar, he worked as a tractor driver in Volgograd.
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16 January 1923 Nizhny-Stebelevka village, Taman District, Kuban-Black Sea Oblast, RSFSR
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Died |
11 September 1975 (aged 52) Volgograd, Soviet Union
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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