Ivan V. Trokhymchuk

Born on July 24, 1993, in the village of Tyshytsia, Bereznivskyi district, Rivne region, in a large family. In 2010, he graduated from the general education school of the village of Tyshytsia, Bereznivskyi district. In 2012-2013, he served his mandatory military service in the 95th Separate Airborne Brigade of the High Mobility Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0281, Zhytomyr). In the spring of 2014, he was called up for partial mobilization into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 51st Separate Guards Perikop-Kharkiv Prague-Volyn Order of Lenin, twice Order of the Red Banner, Order of Suvorov and Kutuzov Mechanized Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A2331, Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Volyn region). From June 19 to July 27, and from July 29 to August 2, 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On July 14, 2014, soldier Trokhymchuk was wounded while moving a column of Ukrainian military equipment when a self-propelled artillery unit 2S1 "Gvozdika" was hit by Russian-terrorist groups using an anti-tank missile system in the area of the village of Cheremshyne, Sverdlovsk (now Dovzhanskyi) district of Luhansk region. In this battle, soldier Kantor and soldier Abramchuk were killed. On August 6, 2014, soldier Trokhymchuk, while on leave for rehabilitation, died from the wounds he received on July 14. He was buried in the cemetery of the village of Tyshytsia, Bereznivskyi district.