Marie  Lastovecka

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   * 3rd December 1920

   + 7th November 2011


In March 1942 she joined the First Czechoslovak Independent Field Battalion as a volunteer and graduated on sniper school.
In March 1943 she attended hers firts battle - the Battle of Sokolovo and was credited with 7 victories.
During the war she was credited with 30 confirmed kills and later she became a sniper instructor.
She was awarded the Soviet Order of the Red Star and the Czechoslovak War Cross.


Czech sniper, credited with at least 30 confirmed kills during the II. Wolrd War.