Vitalii M. Dranchinkov

Born on January 23, 1969, in the village of Fedorivka, Kakhovka district, Kherson region. Russian. Since 1974, he lived with his family in the village of Nizhni Torgai, Nyzhni Sirohozy district, Kherson region. He graduated from 8 grades of the secondary school in the village of Nizhni Torgai in 1984 and from Kakhovka Agricultural Technical School. From 1988 to 1990, he served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Since 1990, he was a reserve sergeant V.M. Dranchinkov. In the 1990s, he lived in the city of Murmansk (Russia). He worked as a foreman in the fishing collective farm "Udarник", later at the Murmansk House-Building Plant. In 1997, he returned to Ukraine. He lived in the urban-type settlement of Nizhni Sirohozy, Kherson region. On June 11, 2015, he was mobilized by the Nyzhni Sirohozy-Ivanivka United District Military Commissariat of Kherson region into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as a sniper in the 2nd section of the 1st motorized infantry platoon of the 4th motorized infantry company of the 39th separate motorized infantry battalion of the 55th separate artillery brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit field post V1603). He participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On the night of May 22, 2016, at 1:30 AM, sergeant Dranchinkov was killed by multiple shrapnel wounds (a laceration of the left forearm, a shrapnel wound to the chest, a shrapnel wound to the frontal area of the head) during an artillery shelling of the platoon stronghold "Minastirit" No. 1621 in the area of the city of Avdiivka, Donetsk region. On May 25, 2016, he was buried in the cemetery of the urban-type settlement of Nizhni Sirohozy, Kherson region.