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Oleksandr O. Potapenko

3 April 1970 – 1 December 2014
Cherkasy region – Died from illness
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Order "For Courage" 3rd ClassOrder "For Courage" 3rd Class

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      Junior Sergeant, Flamethrower
      128th separate mountain assault brigade
      Died on December 1, 2014, at the Western Regional Military Medical Center (Lviv) from previously sustained injuries in the ATO zone.

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      Cemetery of the Drabiv village (Drabivska TC, Zolotoniskyi district, Cherkasy region)

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      • Born on April 3, 1970, in the urban-type settlement of Drabiv, Drabiv District, Cherkasy Region. Graduated from high school. Served in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the USSR during compulsory military service. On August 1, 2014, he was mobilized as a volunteer into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as a flamethrower in the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1778 (field post V4673), city of Mukachevo, Zakarpattia Region). From the summer to autumn of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. During one of the battles, Junior Sergeant Potapenko was wounded. The wounded serviceman was transported to the Military Medical Clinical Center of the Western Region (city of Lviv), where he died on December 1, 2014. He was buried on December 5, 2014, at the cemetery of the urban-type settlement of Drabiv, Drabiv District, Cherkasy Region.
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