Vera Kashcheyeva, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vera Kashcheyeva

Hero of the Soviet Union

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1922

Place of Birth: Troitsky District, Altai Krai, Altai Krai, Russia

Date of Death: 20-May-1975

Profession: physician

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Vera Sergeyevna Kashcheyeva (Russian: ???? ????????? ???????; 15 September 1922 – 20 May 1975) was a Senior Lieutenant in the 120th Rifle Regiment of the 39th Guards Rifle Division, 8th Guards Army on the 3rd Belorussian Front during World War II.
On 22 February 1944 she was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for fulfilling her reconnaissance mission despite serious wounds.
Kashcheyeva was the only female in the 120th Rifle Regiment, one of the five Soviet soldiers that survived the Dnieper assault mission, and in 1973 became one of the first women to be awarded the Red Cross Florence Nightingale Medal.