Віталій Іванович. Ткач

Born on March 1, 1976, in the village of Viktorivka, Shyriaivskyi district, Odesa region. Lived in the village of Smolianka, Kodyma district, Odesa region. Graduated from a general education school, then from vocational technical school No. 45 in the city of Kodyma, Odesa region (now the State Educational Institution "Kodyma Professional Technical Agricultural School"). In 2014, he was mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Served as a senior shooter-operator in the 28th Separate Guards Mechanized Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0666 (field post V0095), the urban-type settlement of Chornomorske, Kominternivskyi district (since 2016 - Lymanskyi district), Odesa region). From summer to autumn 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. On October 6, 2014, at 22:30, soldier Tkach was killed while on duty at a checkpoint near the city of Marinka, Donetsk region, from a gunshot wound. On October 13, 2014, he was buried in the cemetery of the village of Smolianka, Kodyma district, Odesa region.