Rank. Sergeant.
Age. 23.
Unit. 6th Separate Mechanised Brigade.
Hometown. Ukraine.
Roman Genzersky committed suicide when he shot himself in the head with a machine-gun at the base used by Ukrainian forces in Al-Kut airport on Friday July 2, 2004.
Genzersky did assignments inside the base of the Ukrainian forces, and did not patrol or guard important objects. He had previously submitted a letter to his superiors that he wanted to stay in Iraq for a second term with the Ukrainian unit, which is to replace the current peacekeepers in Iraq.