Serhii Kotenko
Ukrainian soldier (1967–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Serhii Leonidovych Kotenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Леонідович Котенко; 16 July 1967 – 9 March 2022) was a Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and participant in the 2022 Russian-Ukrainian war who posthumously received the Hero of Ukraine on 16 March 2022.[1][2] Prior to the war, he was head of the Haisyn District State Administration (2014–2015) and Commander of the 9th Separate Motorized Infantry Battalion.
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Birth name | Serhii Leonidovych Kotenko |
Born | (1967-07-16)16 July 1967 Haisyn, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
Died | 9 March 2022(2022-03-09) (aged 54) near Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine |
Allegiance | Ukraine |
Service/ | Ukrainian Ground Forces |
Years of service | 1989–2022 |
Rank | Colonel |
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Awards | Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky Order of the Gold Star (posthumously) |
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