Pamyati SPC Viktara V. Yolkina

[Xavier]

Army Specialist Viktar Yolkin pogib 24 Yanvarya 2005 kogda yego Bradley perevernulsya v prigorode Bagdada. Rodom iz Belarusi. Emu bylo 24 goda. On bil pripisan k 2nd BN, 2nd Inf, 1ID (eto bilo do togo, kak 1ID vernulas v Ft. Riley). Pohoronen v Germanii.


Viktar sleva

Statya v Washington Post

Viktar V. Yolkin came to America from Belarus in 1998, and he insisted on joining the Army so he could wear the uniform of the nation he had come to love. "He was so proud to serve his country, what he considered to be his adopted country," said his ex-wife, Kathryn. Yolkin, 24, of Spring Branch, Texas, was among five soldiers killed Jan. 24 when their Bradley Fighting Vehicle overturned. He was stationed in Vilseck, Germany. Kathryn Volkin met her future husband when a friend played a joke on her while Viktar was working as a dishwasher at a restaurant. She ordered a white Russian _ meaning the drink with vodka, coffee liqueur and cream _ but a friend who also worked at the restaurant brought Viktar to her table. "It was so cute. We had a good laugh about it," she said. "Viktar was painfully shy and my friend thought it was a cute joke, and little did he know we were gonna fall in love." They were married in May 2001 but divorced in September. In his last e-mail message, Viktar told her he was "still alive, but things are getting pretty bad over here." "I was waiting for a reply when I got the news," she said.

Svetlaya Tebe pamyat, Viktar

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Svetlaya Tebe pamyat, Viktar

Rest In Peace