Zinaida Samsonova

Zinaida Aleksandrovna Samsonova
Native name	Зинаида Александровна Самсонова
Born	14 October 1924 Moscow Governorate, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	27 January 1944 (aged 19) Holma, Gomel Region, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service / branch	Medical Service
Years of service	1942–1944
Rank	Senior Sergeant
Unit	667th Rifle Regiment
Battles / wars	World War II Eastern Front † Battle of Stalingrad Battle of the Dnieper
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union

Zinaida Aleksandrovna Samsonova (Russian: Зинаи́да Алекса́ндровна Самсо́нова; 14 October 1924 – 27 January 1944) was a senior medical service sergeant who served in the 667th Infantry Regiment of the 218th Infantry Division of the Soviet 47th Army on the Voronezh Front in World War II. Killed in action on 27 January 1944 by a German sniper while attempting to rescue a wounded Soviet soldier during the Kalinkovichi-Mozyr offensive west of Gomel, she was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on 3 June 1944.^[1]