Dmytro M. Panchenko (Dok)

Born on April 6, 1979, in the village of Sokolivske, Kirovohrad district, Kirovohrad region. Graduated from the general education school of the village of Sokolivske, and in 1999 - from the Kirovohrad Medical School (now - college) named after E.Y. Mukhin. Lived in the village of Hannyne, Kirovohrad district, Kirovohrad region. Since 1999, worked as a paramedic at the paramedic and midwifery station in the village of Hannyne of the Krupsk rural council of Kirovohrad district. In the summer of 2014, mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Served as a sanitary instructor in the reconnaissance group of the special forces of the 3rd separate special forces regiment of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (military unit A0680, city of Kirovohrad (now - Kropyvnytskyi)). Since the summer of 2014, participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. In August 2014, was involved in the battles for the city of Ilovaisk in the Donetsk region. On August 29, 2014, soldier Panchenko, along with other servicemen, was exiting the "Ilovaisk cauldron" through the so-called "humanitarian corridor." Between the village of Mnohopyllya and the village of Chervonosilske in the Amvrosiivskyi district of the Donetsk region, the column was shelled by the enemy. During the battle, soldier Panchenko provided assistance to wounded comrades, pulled them out from under fire, and fired back himself. During the battle, the serviceman was killed. Since then, he was considered missing in action. On September 3, 2014, the body of Dmytro Panchenko, along with the bodies of 96 other fallen in the "Ilovaisk cauldron," was brought to the morgue of the city of Dnipropetrovsk (now - Dnipro). On October 16, 2014, as an unidentified soldier, he was temporarily buried at the Krasnopil cemetery in the city of Dnipropetrovsk (now - Dnipro). In March 2015, identified through DNA testing. On April 6, 2015, reburied at the Alley of Glory of the Roven cemetery in the city of Kirovohrad (now - Kropyvnytskyi).