Kapner, Mikhail
Mikhail Kapner
Infantry
1941-1943
Squad Commander, Sg. Mikhail Kapner (1924 – September 23, 1943. )
Mikhail was born in 1924 in Odessa (former USSR) to a big family of 2 brothers and 3 sisters. He was 17 when Nazi Germany invaded his city shortly after WWII began.
His family, among many others, were evacuated far east. Instead of joining his family,
he followed his heart into the army.
Shortly after his deployment he became Sergeant and Squad Commander of his unit. He was killed in battle on September 23,1943.