Ivan Yakovlevich Kravchenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ivan Yakovlevich Kravchenko

Date of Birth: 10-Oct-1905

Place of Birth: Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 08-Apr-1942

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Ivan Yakovlevich Kravchenko (Russian: ???´? ?´???????? ???´??????; 10 October [O.S.
27 September] 1905–8 April 1942) was a Ukrainian Red Army major and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Kravchenko became a Red Army officer during the Interwar period, and was made a Hero of the Soviet Union for his actions during the Winter War, which included taking command of his battalion after his battalion commander was killed.
He studied at the Frunze Military Academy after the Winter War, and after Operation Barbarossa began in June 1941 was appointed commander of a regiment.
After the Soviet defeat in Operation Typhoon he took command of a sector of the defense of Tula before becoming a deputy division commander.
Kravchenko was demoted to command of a regiment in early 1942 then appointed commander of the 324th Rifle Division.
In April 1942, during the Rzhev–Vyazma Offensive, he died of wounds received while leading his troops.