Vladimir Butenko

Engineering Officer - Lieutenant Colonel

Unit: Unknown, Engineering Unit

Cargo ID: #808

English Name: Vladimir Fedorovich Butenko, PhD.

Russian Name: Бутенко Владимир Федорович

Date of Birth: April 3, 1971 (age: 52 years)

Place of Birth: Polstyanoy Zimovnikovsky district, Rostov region, Russia

Education: Azov-Black Sea Institute of Agricultural Mechanization; Frunze Military Academy

Awards: Order of Courage (ph.), Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 2nd Class, Medal "For Military Valor" 1st Class, Medal "For Military Valor" 2nd Class, other medals under investigation, Badge "Officer 1st Class", Badge "For Service in the North Caucasus", Badge "Graduation from a Higher Education Institution", Badge "Guard"

He was drafted into the Armed Forces of Russia on November 27, 1995. He was appointed commander of an engineering position platoon in an engineering position company of a separate guard engineer-sapper battalion.

On March 12, 1996, he deployed to the Chechen Republic. Awarded the Medal of Courage for actions during this deployment.

04/18/2024 on the day of the death of SVO participant Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Fedorovich Butenko, a memorial event was held at the school dedicated to the opening of a memorial plaque to this hero. Also during the event, it was announced that the school would be renamed to MBOU Mokro-Gashunskaya Secondary School No. 7 named after. Lieutenant Colonel V.F. Butenko.

On September 28, two significant events took place on the territory of the rural settlement of Mokry-Gashun, the opening of the Hero’s Desk in the Mokro-Gashun Secondary School No. 7 and the opening of a memorial plaque in the Park of Great Patriotic War Heroes dedicated to the SVO participant, Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Fedorovich Butenko, who died in Ukraine.