Vasily Kochetkov
1923–1942 (age 19)
Biography
Vasily Kochetkov was a young serviceman from Volgograd Oblast who gave his life during the Second World War at a critical moment in the conflict. Born in 1923, he represented the generation that came of age during the Soviet Union's military modernization in the late 1930s.
Kochetkov's death in 1942 occurred during one of the war's most intense periods, particularly in the southern Soviet regions. His sacrifice is remembered as part of the immense contribution made by those from Volgograd Oblast during the Great Patriotic War.