Alexander Vologin

Alexander Dmitryevich Vologin
BornOctober 8, 1924
Pechersk, Samara Oblast, USSR
Died17 October 1943(1943-10-17) (aged 19)
Sozh river, Belorussian SSR, USSR
Buried
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service / branchRed Army
Years of service1941–1943
RankGuards Junior Sergeant
Unit37th Guards Rifle Division
Battles / wars
AwardsHero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin

Alexander Dmitryevich Vologin (Russian: Александр Дмитриевич Вологин; October 8, 1924 – October 17, 1943) was a Soviet soldier who was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously on January 15, 1944, for his actions during Operation Kutuzov and the Battle of the Dnieper, almost three months after being during the Battle of the Dnieper in modern-day Belarus.