25/06/2014 15:15
Serviceman posthumously awarded ‘For Service in Battle’ Medal
The President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan signed a decree, by which Armen Avetisyan, machine gunner of 1st rifle subdivision of 1st rifle platoon of 3rd rifle company of a military unit of the NKR Defense Army, was posthumously awarded the ‘For Service in Battle’ Medal for bravery shown during the defense of the state border of the NKR.
Armen Avetisyan, 19, was killed by Azerbaijani fire around 10:50 pm on June 24. He was shot dead on a frontline position of a military unit located in the eastern direction of the Line of Contact between the armed forces of Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan.