Roman V. Kozarenko

Born on June 16, 1994, in the village of Kam'yanka, Yemilchynskyi district, Zhytomyr region. In 2002, the family moved to the village of Bekhy, Korosten district, Zhytomyr region. Completed 9 grades of the general education school in the village of Bekhy, Korosten district, and in 2010 graduated from the general education school in the village of Vaskovychi, Korosten district, then attended a vocational technical school in the city of Koziatyn, Vinnytsia region. From 2012 to 2013, he served in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In March 2014, he was called up for partial mobilization to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 30th Separate Guards Mechanized Novograd-Volynskyi Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0409, city of Novograd-Volynskyi, Zhytomyr region). From the summer of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On August 8, 2014, Senior Soldier Kozarenko died in a military truck Ural on the road near the village of Marynivka, Shakhtarsky district, Donetsk region. Soldier Zakusylo also died with him. Both servicemen were considered missing in action since then. On September 4, 2014, the bodies of the deceased were found by the searchers of the humanitarian mission "Evacuation-200" ("Black Tulip"). He was identified through DNA testing. On January 15, 2015, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Bekhy, Korosten district.