Oleksandr M. Yarmolich

Born on March 9, 1991, in the village of Velyun, Dubrovytsia district, Rivne region. In 2008, he graduated from the general education school (now an educational complex) in the village of Velyun, Dubrovytsia district, and then from the Rivne Higher Vocational School of the State Guard Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (city of Rivne). From April 2012, he served in the military, followed by contract military service in the 80th Separate Airborne Brigade of the Red Banner Order of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (military unit A0284, city of Lviv). From August 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On January 31, 2015, Junior Sergeant Yarmolich died in a hospital in the city of Shchastia, Novoaidar district, Luhansk region, from injuries sustained during shelling by Russian-terrorist groups using BM-21 "Grad" multiple rocket launchers at the Luhansk thermal power plant (city of Shchastia). On February 3, 2015, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Velyun, Dubrovytsia district. On May 25, 2015, a memorial plaque was unveiled in the village of Velyun, Dubrovytsia district, on the facade of the general education school (Shkilna St., 4), where Oleksandr Yarmolich studied. In September 2016, the educational complex of the village of Velyun, Dubrovytsia district, was named after Oleksandr Yarmolich.