Chief of Communications - Lieutenant Colonel
Unit: 98th Guards Airborne Division, Western Military District
Previously: 331st Guards Parachute Regiment
Cargo ID: #246
Full Name: Alexei Leonidovich Smirnov
Russian Name: Смирнов Алексей Леонидович
Date of Birth: 30 December 1983 (age: 38 years)
Place of Birth: Zavrazhye village, Kostroma region, Russia.
Place of Death: Chistovodovka, Izium district, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine
Education: Ryazan Higher Military Command School
Awards: Order of Courage (ph.), Medal "Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd degree", and “For Military Valor.”, others under investigation
Previously Deployed: Syria
