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Jamil Mamed AhmedovPlatoon Commander of the 168th Guards Rifle Regiment, Guards Lieutenant, Hero of the Soviet Union
Date of Birth: 01.01.1924
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Childhood and Education
Djamil Akhmedov was born in 1924 in the village of Jabrayil, Azerbaijan SSR, into a family of a civil servant. He was Azerbaijani by nationality. He graduated from high school on the eve of the war.
Military Service
When the war broke out in June 1941, Djamil went to the military registration and enlistment office. However, as he was only 17 years old, he was not sent to the front. He was eventually drafted into the Red Army in March 1942. In 1943, he graduated from the Ordzhonikidze Military Infantry School and was assigned to the troops as a platoon commander.
Combat Experience
Djamil Akhmedov first saw combat in the North Caucasus in the autumn of 1943. For his courage and bravery in the battles for the liberation of Ukraine, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star.
In the summer of 1944, Lieutenant Akhmedov distinguished himself during the liberation of Belarus as a platoon commander. On June 23, 1944, Akhmedov's platoon attacked and destroyed a column of German infantry from an ambush. The following day, during the assault on an enemy stronghold near the village of Parichi, he personally killed over 10 Nazis in trench combat. In this battle, Djamil was wounded in the head but continued to command his platoon.
From June 25, Akhmedov's platoon was the first to force the Berezina River near the Belarusian village of Malin. Until the arrival of the main forces, the platoon continued to support the crossing with fire for 10 hours while Akhmedov was wounded a second time. He was offered treatment, but he refused, saying, "As long as my hands can hold a gun, as long as my heart beats, I will not leave the battlefield."
Akhmedov received a third wound, in his thigh, on June 26 during the assault on the Belarusian village of Malin. Despite being wounded, he continued to lead the advance of his unit. Having lost consciousness from blood loss, Akhmedov regained consciousness at night and crawled for several hours to reach his own lines, where he was picked up by medics and taken to a hospital.
Death and Honors
Lieutenant Djamil Akhmedov died from his wounds on September 2, 1944. For his exemplary performance of combat missions and the courage and heroism he displayed, he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union on March 24, 1945.
Legacy
Djamil Akhmedov is buried in the Soviet Military Cemetery in Warsaw. In Jabrayil, a street and school were named after him, and a bust of the hero was erected.
