birth_place awards birth_date article_title name
balashikha , moscow oblast order of glory order of the patriotic war 4 june 1926 genri koptev-gomolov
 genri nikolaevich koptev-gomolov
genri koptev-gomolov

genri nikolaevich koptev-gomolov -lrb- russian : Генри Николаевич Коптев-gomolov ; was born 4 june 1926 in the town of balashikha in the moscow oblast .
drafted into the army in 1943 , got to the front in summer 1944 .
served in the 1,085 th rifle regiment of the 322 division , commander of a 45-milimetre anti-tank weapon .
destroyed a nazi self-propelled gun during the liberation of auschwitz , for which he received the order of glory 3rd class .
also awarded the order of the patriotic war 2nd class , and numerous medals .
