Overchuk Dmytro Ruslanovych was the mechanic-driver of infantry fighting vehicle (BMP) of the 3rd division of the 1st platoon of the 30th individual mechanized brigade of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a soldier.
He was born on 7 June, 1992 in the village Shkariv, Goschansk District, Rivne region. In 2008, he graduated the 9th grade of the secondary school of the village Gorbakov, Goshchansk District, and then - Kvasilovsky Professional Lyceum (town of Kvasyliv village of Rivne region), specializing in the repair of motor vehicles.
From 18 October, 2011 to 2012 he was in the regular military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In 2012 he was trained in the training program "Mechanic-driver of infantry fighting vehicle (BMP)" in the 354th training mechanized regiment of the 169th Training Center of the Army of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1048, settlement of the urban type Desna, Kozeletsky district, Chernihiv region) . From 2012 he continued military service under the contract by a mechanic-driver of an infantry fighting vehicle (BMP) of the 3rd Division of the 1st Platoon of the 30th individual mechanized brigade of the Army of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0409, the city Novograd-Volyn, Zhytomyr region).
From March 2014, he was on an administrative border with the Russian-occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
Since the summer of 2014, he participated in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine.
On 28 July, 2014, the soldier Overchuk, as part of the brigade unit, carried out a combat task for taking the strategically important height Savur Mohyla (Shakhtarsk district, Donetsk region). A column was hit by the enemy near the village Stepanivka, Shakhtarsk district, Donetsk region. An infantry fighting vehicle (BMP), in which there was a soldier Overchuk, rode headed to the columns, exploded on the mines and burned down. The soldiers sitting on the armor were bursting with explosion. Soldier Overchuk died. Ukrainian troops in the course of the battle were forced to retreat. Since then, the soldier Overchuk was considered to be missing. He was identified due to DNA testing.
On 20 September, 2014, he was buried in the cemetery of the village Shkariv, Goshachy district, Rivne region.
He was awarded the Order "For Courage" of the 3rd class (05/15/2015; posthumously).
The parents, the brother and the bride are left.
On 17 April, 2015,in the village Gorbakov, a memorial plaque was established on the building of a secondary school (Shklyna Street, 8), where the Hero studied. On 19 January, 2016 according to the decision of the session of village Gorbachivkska in the village Shkvariv the Central Street was called after Dmytro Overchuk Street.
