GOLOVNENKOV Aleksandr Pavlovich

(1920, der. Dylevo Viazemsky district - 22.HII.1942 station Gniloaksayskaya Volgograd region)
In the Red Army from June 1941. In 1942, Mr.. graduated from the Kharkiv armored School. In the battles of World War II from December 1942. The commander of the tank 139-Panzer Regiment 13 Panzer Brigade 31-Army of the Stalingrad Front. Lieutenant G. rapidly broke into a. Vasilevka, fire from the guns and caterpillars destroyed manpower and military equipment of the enemy. When the tank was hit and caught fire, ordered the crew to leave the burning car, and he stayed in it and continued firing, killing 2 enemy tanks. Killed in that battle. Forever enrolled in the lists of the military unit.

Lit.: Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary .- M., 1987. - T. 1. - P. 39; Heroes fiery years. - Kn. 2. With. 101-104.