Shlyakhtich Alexander Valentynovych was the driver of the reactive jet battery artillery battalion 27th artillery regiment jet Army of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, soldier.
He was born on August 16, 1981 in Pyriatyn Poltava region. In 1998 he graduated the high school №4, Pyriatyn.
In 1999 He was drafted to Pyriatyn RICK Poltava region for military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served as driver-electrician in the 6th Artillery Regiment training 169 th Training Centre Land Forces of Ukraine (military unit A0338; Divychky village Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky district, Kyiv region). In 2001 he was dismissed from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in reserve.
From 2001 to 2004 he had the military service under contract to the 121st base storing military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military unit A1112; Pyriatyn city Poltava region).
He worked as an entrepreneur in the transportation of passengers.
On March 25, 2014 he was mobilized into Pyriatyn RICK Poltava region to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the reactive jet battery artillery battalion 27th artillery regiment jet Land Forces of Ukraine (2015 - 27th artillery brigade, military unit A1476, Sumy).
Since the summer of 2014 he took part in the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine.
On August 6, 2014 Shlyakhtich soldier was killed while the attempt of militants to attack positions Ukrainian soldiers and to seize the strategic height near Kurgan Saur-Tomb Shakhtarsk, Donetsk region.
On August 8, 2014 he was buried in the town cemetery in Pyriatyn.
He was awarded the Order "For courage" of III degree (22.9.2015, posthumously).
The wife and daughter remain.