Denys V. Myrchuk

Born on August 17, 1995, in the village of Radivtsi, Derazhnianskyi district, Khmelnytskyi region. In 2010, he graduated from the 9th grade of the general education school (now an educational complex) in the village of Radivtsi, Derazhnianskyi district, and in 2013, he graduated from the Bar Professional Construction Lyceum (the city of Bar, Vinnytsia region) and obtained the profession of "Bricklayer-assembler of reinforced concrete structures and manual welding electric welder." From September 16, 2013, he served under contract in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. From September 16 to November 21, 2013, he served as a machine gunner, and from November 21, 2013, as a gunner of the airborne assault section of the airborne assault platoon of the 3rd airborne assault company of the 1st airborne assault battalion of the 80th separate airborne order of the Red Banner brigade of the High Mobility Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0284, Lviv). From April 15, 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. Since June 13, 2014, he was a participant in the defense of the International Airport "Luhansk." On August 16, 2014, Russian-terrorist groups shelled the positions of Ukrainian troops in the area of the village of Krasne, Krasnodon (now Sorokynskyi) district of Luhansk region with BM-21 "Grad" multiple rocket launchers. As a result of the shelling, 10 servicemen were killed, including soldier Myrchuk. On August 20, 2014, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Radivtsi, Derazhnianskyi district. On October 16, 2015, a memorial plaque was unveiled in the village of Radivtsi, Derazhnianskyi district, on the facade of the building of the educational complex (Kotsyubynskyi Street, 19), where Denys Myrchuk studied.