Oleksandr P. Humeniuk

Born on August 6, 1979, in the village of Krupech, Slavuta district, Khmelnytskyi region. He graduated from the general education school of the village of Krupech (now the Krupech Educational Complex "Preschool Educational Institution - General Secondary School I-III degrees") and from the vocational technical school in the city of Shepetivka, Khmelnytskyi region, specializing as a "turner." In 1997-1999, he served his mandatory military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the city of Dnipropetrovsk (now Dnipro). After demobilization, he worked as a turner at the Open Joint Stock Company "Slavuto-Polyana Paper Factory," at the "Unix" enterprise in the city of Netishyn, Khmelnytskyi region, and in the Netishyn quarry. On April 29, 2015, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 40th Separate Artillery Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit V3500, city of Pervomaisk, Mykolaiv region). Since the summer of 2015, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On August 26, 2015, Junior Sergeant Humeniuk was killed by a fatal wound as a result of shelling from the Grad multiple rocket launcher system near the village of Prokhorivka, Volnovakha district, Donetsk region, when a shell hit his dugout. Four other servicemen were killed along with him. On September 1, 2015, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Krupech, Slavuta district, Khmelnytskyi region.