Background
Ivanov Dmitry Pavlovich was born on the 27th of May,1923 in Spassk, Penza oblast, Russian Federation. From the peasants.
Ivanov Dmitry Pavlovich was born on the 27th of May,1923 in Spassk, Penza oblast, Russian Federation. From the peasants.
He graduated from the Podolsk Military Infantry School (1942) and Advanced Training Courses for officers (1951).
Dmitry Pavlovich Ivanov was a platoon commander of the 173rd Guards Rifle Regiment (5th Guards Army, 1st Ukrainian Front). He distinguished himself on January 20, 1945 in the battle for the village of Boronów (near the city of Czestochowa, Poland), during the crossing of the Oder River and in the battle for the bridgehead near the city of Guttentag (now Dobrodzen, Poland).
Since 1969 - Colonel of the reserve. He lived in Voronezh, worked at Voronezh Polytechnic Institute.