Taras H. Konchevych (Dantyst)

Born on October 28, 1979, in the urban-type settlement of Shchyrets in the Pustomyty district of Lviv region. In 1996, he graduated from general education school No. 1 (now named after the Hero of Ukraine Bohdan Ilkiv) in the urban-type settlement of Shchyrets, in 2001 - from the dental faculty of Lviv State Medical University named after Danilo Halytsky, and in 2003 - from the internship at Lviv State Medical University named after Danilo Halytsky (now - Lviv National Medical University named after Danilo Halytsky). From 2001 to 2009, he worked as a dentist in the general practice-family medicine clinic in the village of Obroshyne, Pustomyty district, Lviv region. Since 2009, he has been the chief physician of the general practice-family medicine clinic in the village of Zvenyhorod, Pustomyty district, Lviv region. On September 1, 2014, he was mobilized as a volunteer to the ranks of the National Guard of Ukraine. He served in the rifle battalion of the 2nd separate Halytsky brigade of the Western operational-territorial association of the National Guard of Ukraine (military unit 3002, Lviv). From October 1 to November 20, 2014, and from January 4, 2015, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. Call sign "Dentist". He provided medical assistance to wounded soldiers during the battles for the International Airport "Donetsk", for the city of Debaltseve in Donetsk region, and at the 29th and 31st checkpoints. On February 9, 2015, the medical brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, consisting of a medical armored vehicle and a medical car, left the city of Artemivsk (now Bakhmut) in Donetsk region towards the city of Debaltseve, to meet with a medical crew of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Anatoliy Sulima, Mykhailo Baliuk, and paramedic of the National Guard of Ukraine Serhiy Katsabin), with whom communication was lost. Around 6:30 PM near the village of Lohvynove in the Artemivsk (now Bakhmut) district of Donetsk region, the medical vehicle moving ahead hit a mine. After that, the medical brigade came under fire from a reconnaissance and sabotage group of Russian-terrorist formations. During the battle, despite the danger, Taras Konchevych, who was in the medical armored vehicle, ran out to help the wounded comrades who were in the car. While saving the lives of his comrades, Captain of the Medical Service Konchevych was killed. Also in this battle, Vasyl Zadorozhny, Dmytro Lahunov, and Maksym Ovcharuk were killed. On February 25, 2015, he was buried in the field of Honorary Burials No. 76 at Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv. In the urban-type settlement of Shchyrets, Pustomyty district, on February 13, 2016, memorial plaques were opened in his honor on the facade of the building (Ostrivska Street, 55) and on the facade of the general education school No. 1 named after the Hero of Ukraine Bohdan Ilkiv (Sahaydachnoho Street, 47), where Taras Konchevych lived and studied.