Background
Nikolay Lavrentievich Yatsenko was born on May 19, 1923 in Zasosna, Belgorod Oblast, Russian Federation.
Nikolay Lavrentievich Yatsenko was born on May 19, 1923 in Zasosna, Belgorod Oblast, Russian Federation.
Nikolay Lavrentievich graduated from High School. He graduated from the Maykop Military Tank School (1941).
The platoon commander of the 39th Panzer Brigade (23rd Panzer Corps, Southwestern Front) with his troops on the tanks broke through to the city of Zaporozhye and were the first to enter the city on October 10, 1943.