Oleksandr I. Zaviriukha

Born on December 15, 1992, in the village of Kam'yana Balka, Pervomaiskyi district, Mykolaiv region. In 2009, he graduated from the general education school of the village of Kam'yana Balka, Pervomaiskyi district, and in 2012 - from the South Ukrainian Professional Machine-Building Lyceum (now - South Ukrainian Professional Lyceum) with the profession: "Electrician for repair and maintenance of electrical equipment." He served in the military under contract in the 79th Separate Airborne Brigade of the High Mobility Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0224, Mykolaiv city). Since the spring of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On September 28, 2014, a column of Ukrainian military vehicles moving towards the old terminal of Donetsk International Airport came under fire from Russian-terrorist groups from the direction of Putilivska Roscha street in Donetsk. During the battle, the armored personnel carrier BTR-80, which was leading the column, was hit by a Russian T-72 tank, resulting in the deaths of 5 servicemen from the 79th Airborne Brigade, including soldier Zaviryukha. Since then, he was considered missing in action. Identified through DNA testing. On December 6, 2014, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Kam'yana Balka, Pervomaiskyi district. On October 13, 2015, in the city of Yuzhnoukrainsk, Mykolaiv region, a memorial plaque was unveiled on the facade of the building of the South Ukrainian Professional Lyceum (Independence Avenue, 37), where Oleksandr Zaviryukha studied.