Chepelenko Oleh was the sniper of snipers company 92-th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a senior soldier.
He was born on 29 May, 1987 in the village Lukashivka, Bliznyukovsky district, Kharkiv region. In 2004 he graduated secondary school of village Lukashivka in 2009 - Slovyansk National Pedagogical University (from 2011 - Donbass National Pedagogical University), specialty "Pedagogy and methodology of secondary education. Labor education and science. "
He lived in the village Lukashivka. Since August 2009 he has worked as a teacher of computer science and work in a secondary school in the village Lukashivka.
In 2014 he was mobilized into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as a sniper of snipers company 92-th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0501, Bashkyrivka village, Chuguev district, Kharkiv region).
As of October 2014 he took part in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine. Callsign "Hacker."
On 7 August, 2015 during a combat mission near the village Trohizbenka Novoaydarsky district, Luhansk region, three soldiers, among them there were senior soldier Chepelenko, resulting clash of battle were captured. When the prisoners with their hands tied were driving through a minefield, Oleh Chepelenko knocked the terrorist, he blew himself and the terrorist to "stretch" along with other Russian fighters. The explosion killed a senior soldier O.O.Chyslenko , Ensign M.V.Stotskyy and two terrorists.
On 12 August, 2015 he was buried in the cemetery of the village Lukashivka, Bliznyukovsky district, Kharkiv region.
He was awarded "For Courage" III class (10.5.2015, posthumously), honors "National Hero of Ukraine" (09.19.2015, posthumously).
On 6 May 6, 2016 in the village Lukashivka on the building of secondary school (street Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 45), where the hero studied and worked as a hero, the memorial plaque was established. The secondary school of the village Lukashivka was named after soldier Chepelenko Oleh.
The parents are left.
