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Today, 28 January, is the birthday of fallen hero of the April war, Captain Armenak Urfanyan. He would turn 30 today.

Armenak Urfanyan was born in Nor Nork Maternity Hospital of Yerevan in 1990. His mother quite often remembers the day her first child was born bringing light and warmth to their family.
They always celebrated his birthday, Armenak liked that day and his favorite gift was toy weapons. His love towards the weapons persisted in the adult years.

While still studying at the 8-9 grade he made up his mind to become a military. He began practicing a sport. At the age of 15 Urfanyan was already a triple champion of Taekwondo. In order to reach his goals he began studying at Military Institute after Vazgen Sargsyan. He began serving in the RA Armed Forces since 2007. At the age of 26 he was already a captain and unit commander in the frontline. “Mommy, I am not your son already, I am the son of the army,” he used to say to his mother and she seemed to already accept the fact that Armenak was not only her son.

Armenak Urfanyan still had many dreams, however April 2 turned out to be fatal for him as well. Overnight 1-2 April, in the military post located near Martakert, that had significant strategic importance, Captain Urfanyan, together with his fellow soldiers fought back against the Azerbaijani special forces for hours withstanding the strikes of the heavy armored vehicles. 4 out of 7 heroes fell during the unequal fight_ Armenak Urfanyan, Kyaram Sloyan, Robert Abajyan and Andranik Zohrabyan.

30 years old…perfect age for loving, creating, living a full life, forming a family…alas everything can change in a moment and your beloved son remains at the same age forever. Armenak stayed 28 years old forever sacrificing his life for his fatherland.