Vitalii M. Pidlubnyi

Born on December 18, 1983, in the village of Brane Pole, Bohuslavskyi district, Kyiv region. Graduated from a general education school and Bohuslav Higher Vocational School of Services with a specialty in "cook" in 2002. Served mandatory military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In March 2014, mobilized by the Myronivka-Bohuslav Combined District Military Commissariat of Kyiv region into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Served as a senior mechanic-driver of a mechanized platoon of the 9th mechanized company of the 3rd mechanized battalion of the 72nd separate mechanized brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A2167, city of Bila Tserkva, Kyiv region). From May 2014, participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On July 9, 2014, around 21:30, soldier Pidlubnyi sustained serious injuries in an infantry fighting vehicle (BMP-2) due to the detonation of an explosive device placed on the road along the route of a military convoy, 6 kilometers south of the village of Dmytrivka, Shakhtarskyi district, Donetsk region. As a result of the explosion, Sergeant Pavlo Vysotskyi and Junior Sergeant Oleg Mosiychuk were killed. Underwent treatment in a hospital, but the efforts of the doctors proved futile. On July 29, 2014, soldier Pidlubnyi died from his injuries. He was buried in the cemetery of the village of Brane Pole, Bohuslavskyi district, Kyiv region.