Ivan P. Rotar

Born on January 13, 1972, in the village of Konovka, Kelemenets district, Chernivtsi region, in a peasant family. In 1987, he graduated from the 8th grade of the local secondary school in Konovka, then attended a vocational technical school in the urban-type settlement of Kelemenets, Chernivtsi region (now Kelemenets Professional Lyceum) specializing as a "tractor driver." From 1990 to 1992, he served in the Armed Forces of the USSR/Russian Federation. He initially served in the city of Kharkiv, later in the city of Perm (Russian Federation). After demobilization, he returned to the village of Konovka. Since 1992, he worked at a brick factory in Konovka, then at the local forestry. On February 14, 2015, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the Kelemenets-Sokyrnyanskyi Combined Military Commissariat. He served as a gunner in the anti-tank battery of the anti-tank battalion of the 40th Separate Artillery Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit V3500, city of Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv region). From May 21, 2015, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On August 26, 2015, Sergeant Rotar was killed by a fatal wound as a result of shelling from the Grad multiple rocket launcher system near the village of Prokhorivka, Volnovakha district, Donetsk region, when a shell hit his dugout. Four other servicemen were killed along with him. On August 28, 2015, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Konovka, Kelemenets district, Chernivtsi region.