Oleh V. Hrabchak

Born on October 20, 1988, in the city of Lypovets, Vinnytsia region. Graduated from general education school No. 3 in the city of Lypovets. Served in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during mandatory military service. Worked as a locksmith at the Lypovets section of the Illinets inter-district gas management department of the Public Joint Stock Company for gas supply and gasification "Vinnytsiahaz." On July 15, 2015, he was mobilized to the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the Lypovets-Pohrebyshtsi combined district military commissariat of Vinnytsia region. He served in the 1st mechanized battalion of the 53rd separate mechanized brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit field post V0927, cities of Sievierodonetsk/Lysychansk, Luhansk region). Since 2015, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On July 18, 2016, around 03:00, during a mortar shelling of the brigade's positions by Russian-terrorist groups in the area of the urban-type settlement of Zaitseve, Horlivka city council (now Bakhmut district) in Donetsk region, one of the shells hit the dugout where senior soldier Oleg Hrabchak was located. As a result of the explosion, the serviceman sustained serious injuries. He was taken to the hospital, where he died from his injuries. As a result of the shell hitting the dugout, junior lieutenant Volodymyr Vovchenko, soldier Mykola Litovko, and captain Oleksandr Shvets also died. On July 21, 2016, he was buried in the Central cemetery in the city of Lypovets, Vinnytsia region.