Battalion Commander - Lieutenant Colonel

Unit: 138th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, 6th Combined Arms Army, Western Military District

Cargo ID: #235

Full Name: Vadim Sergeevich Gerasimov

Russian Name: Герасимов Вадим Сергеевич

Date of Birth: August 11, 1985 (age: 36 years)

Place of Birth: Kotelnikovo, Volgograd Oblast, Russia

Education: Moscow Higher Military Command School, Combined Arms Academy

Awards: Order of Courage (ph.) Hero of Russia (28.03.2022)

Previously Served: Chechnya, Georgia (South Ossetia)

Lieutenant Colonel Vadim Sergeevich Gerasimov on February 22, 2022 at a prayer service before the start of the invasion.

Local residents buried the dead Russian servicemen. May 21st The National Police of Ukraine reported that Gerasimov’s body was found in a burial in the Zolochevsky district of the Kharkiv region .

The officer's body was delivered to his homeland. Farewell to Lieutenant Colonel Gerasimov took place on June 9, 2022 in Kotelnikov, Volgograd region.
By decree of the President of the Russian Federation (“closed”) of 2022, for courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty, Lieutenant Colonel Vadim Sergeevich Gerasimov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously).

A memorial plaque was hung on the school where he studied: “Hero of Russia Vadim Gerasimov studied here.” The deceased lieutenant colonel is survived by his wife Anastasia and 12yo daughter.

In Volgograd today, June 9, in the Hall of Military and Labor Glory of the Volgograd Region, the name of Hero of Russia Vadim Gerasimov was carved.

Vadim was honoured with the creation of a Graphic Novel.

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