Vasyl I. Vykhopen

Born on March 1, 1993, in the village of Vykhopni, Kam'yanka-Buzka district, Lviv region. Graduated from a general education school, then from the Stavropigian Higher Vocational School in Lviv with a profession of "Carpenter, manufacturer of artistic wood products." In 2012-2013, he served in the 80th Separate Airborne Order of the Red Banner Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0284, Lviv). In the spring of 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the 24th Separate Mechanized Samara-Ulyanovsk Berdychiv Iron Order of the October Revolution, three-time Order of the Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Bohdan Khmelnytsky Brigade named after Prince Daniel of Galicia of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0998, Yavoriv, Lviv region). Since the summer of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On July 11, 2014, in the area of the village of Zelenopillya, Sverdlovsk (since 2016 - Dovzhanske) district of Luhansk region, around 4:30 AM, Russian-terrorist groups shelled the base camp of Ukrainian troops with BM-21 "Grad" multiple rocket launchers. As a result of the shelling, 7 servicemen of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine and 30 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, including Vasyl Vykhopen. On September 13, 2014, he was buried in the field of Honorary Burials No. 76 at Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv.