Oleksandr V. Kravchenko was born on April 6, 1996, in the village of Rozdolne, Zmiiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast. His family moved to the village of Tesiv, which is located in Ostroh Raion, Rivne Oblast, in 1998. He finished a local secondary school after 9 years of studying there.

Oleksandr graduated from the vocational school in 2013 in the town of Pervomaisk. After graduation, he worked at the paramilitary security in the city of Rivne.

He signed a military service contract on May 26, 2016, and joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine on May 31, 2016. He was a senior gunner of the 1st Self-propelled Artillery Company of the First Howitzer Self-propelled Artillery Division. He participated in the Anti-Terrorist Operation in the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts. Oleksandr perished in the area of 20 km from the town of Volnovakha.

The serviceman left parents and an elder brother.

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The countryman died in the Donetsk region

On September 5, 2016, information was received from the operative military unit based in the Donetsk region about the fact of death of a soldier Kravchenko O.V. from village Tesiv. As stated in the report, the soldier called for a contract Oleksandr Kravchenko was found dead. The circumstances of the death are established.

To the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the inhabitant of Ostroh came into operation on May 31, 2016, was the senior gunner of the 1st self-propelled artillery battery of the first ash-truck self-propelled artillery division. He took a direct part in the antiterrorist operation on the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

Kravchenko Oleksandr was born on April 2, 1996 in the village Rozdolne, Zmiiiv district, Kharkiv region. Citizen of village Tesiv, Ostroh district of Rivne region since 1998. He studied at the Tesiv School level I-II, in 2012 graduated from 9 form. He lived with his mother Kravchenko Tetiana Hryhorivna born in 1972, and his brother Kravchenko Mykola Volodymyrovych born in 1991 – a member of the ATO.

On 6-8 September, the Mourning Day was declared in Ostroh. Eternal memory.

Oleksandr Kravchenko (04.02.1996 – 09.05.2016)