Ilya Kaplunov

Kaplunov Ilya Makarovich (July 8, 1918, Chapushka, Saratov Governorate - December 18, 1942, Verkhnekumsky farm, Stalingrad Oblast) was a sailor and gunner of an anti-tank rifle of the 4th Infantry Regiment of the 98th Infantry Division of the 2nd Guards Army of the Stalingrad Front, Hero of the Soviet Union.

He graduated from the Arkadak secondary school. He worked as a laborer at an oil refinery, as a mechanic and a hammerer at an agricultural school.

In 1938 he was drafted, serving in naval aviation in the Pacific Fleet.

Memory Order of Lenin (26 October 1943)

Books Герои Советского Союза: Краткий биографический словарь / Пред. ред. коллегии И. Н. Шкадов. — М.: Воениздат, 1987. — Т. 1 /Абаев — Любичев/. — 911 с. — 100 000 экз. — ISBN отс., Рег. No. в РКП 87-95382 Зачислен навечно: биографический справочник / А. Д. Зайцев, И. И. Рощин, В. Н. Соловьёв. — Кн. 1: Абросимов-Ляпота. — М.: Политиздат, 1990. — 382 с. — 100 000 экз.