Mykola O. Hrabarchuk (Koka)

Born on August 7, 1996, in the village of Pecheske, Krasyliv district, Khmelnytskyi region. In 2011, he graduated from the 9th grade of the general education school in the village of Pecheske, Krasyliv district, and in 2015, he graduated from the Khmelnytskyi vocational and technical school with a specialty in "Mason-Plasterer." From September 2016, he served under contract in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 14th separate mechanized brigade of the Operational Command "West" of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1008, city of Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Volyn region). Since December 2016, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On March 16, 2017, soldier Hrabaruchuk was killed as a result of a mortar shelling by Russian-terrorist groups at a Ukrainian military checkpoint near the village of Lobacheve, Novoaidar district, Luhansk region. Soldier Yavorsky also died with him. On March 20, 2017, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Pecheske, Krasyliv district.