Aleksey Afanasyevich Pasko (Russian: Алексей Афанасьевич Пасько; 1 March 1916 – 4 April 1997) was a junior lieutenant of the Red Army.
Aleksey Afanasyevich Pasko was born on 1 March 1916, in Yekaterinoslav, in a family of employees.
[1] In 1940, Pasko was called up for service in the Red Army by the Novo-Senzharsky District Military Commissariat.
When, 12 kilometres southwest of Kobylin, Pasko's tank became immobilised to a malfunction, Pasko, with the tank crew and submachine gunners, repelled the attacks of the Nazis for three days, destroying an enemy armoured personnel carrier, five vehicles and many enemy fighters.
[3] By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 10 April 1945, for "exemplary performance of combat missions of the command and the courage and heroism shown at the same time," junior technician-lieutenant Aleksey Pasko was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal with the number 7480.