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# Alexander Gridnev
- URL: https://topcargo200.com/978/
- Published: 2022-07-23T10:37:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-10-24T11:26:21.000Z
- Author: TC200 Staff
- Tags: Lieutenant Colonel, Cargo200, HIMARS

*Communications Officer - Lieutenant Colonel*

**Unit:** Special Communications Service of the FSO of Russia

**Cargo ID:** #978

**English Name:** Alexander Ivanovich Gridnev

**Russian Name:** Гриднев Александр Иванович

**Date of Birth:** August 6, 1973 ( age: 48 years)

**Lived In:** Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol Krai, Russia

**Place of Death:** Zugres, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

**Awards:** Order of Courage (ph.), others being investigated

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*On July 23, 2022, the Communications Center where Gridnev served was subjected to a rocket and artillery attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The lieutenant colonel, showing courage and dedication, under an enemy missile and artillery attack, took measures to save the personnel of the Communications Center. As a result of Alexander's decisive actions and at the cost of his life, five servicemen were saved. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Gridnev received a wound incompatible with life and died in a military hospital. Posthumously awarded the Order of Courage.*

Died with, Captain Igor Savin, WO Konstantin Kovalchuk, WO Alexander Orlov***.***

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