Background
Dotsenko Stepan Matveyevich was born on February 5, 1900, Kvashino village, Boguchar uyezd, Russia (now Boguchar, Voronezh, Russian Federation).
Dotsenko Stepan Matveyevich was born on February 5, 1900, Kvashino village, Boguchar uyezd, Russia (now Boguchar, Voronezh, Russian Federation).
A gun pointer of the 185th Guard Rifle Regiment (the 6th Army, the 3rd Ukrainian Front). In 1945 Staff Sergeant Dotsenko was demobilized. After the Great Patriotic War was living and working in the native village.
Participated in the Great Patriotic War. A gun pointer of the 185th Guard Rifle Regiment (the 6th Army, the 3rd Ukrainian Front) distinguished in action during Dniepr forcing on 26.11.1943, near Razumovka village (Zaporozhsky district, Zaporozhskaya region, Ukrainian SSR) and in fight at the back of foothold.A street and a school in Kvashino village named after Dotsenko.