15:46, 15 December, 2020
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 15, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has bestowed the posthumous Medal of Combat Service to a number of servicemen who were killed in action in the second Nagorno Karabakh war.
The decision was formalized by a presidential decree signed by President Sarkissian.
The posthumous honor was bestowed upon:
Major Aren Verdyan, medic, chief of service
Captain Levon Aslanyan, Platoon Commander
Senior Lieutenant Artush Taroyan, Platoon Commander
Master Sergeant Ruslan Israyelyan
Sergeant First Class Tigran Hovhannisyan
Private Karen Grigoryan
Private Gevorg Hovhannisyan
Sergeant First Class Hayk Khachatryan
Private Aren Ghukasyan
Private Edgar Sazbandyan
Private Armen Ispiryan
Private Garik Stepanyan
Private Arman Derdzyan
Sergeant First Class Arman Khachatryan
Private Aram Ghazaryan
Private Poghos Hakobyan
Private Eduard Martirosyan
Private Khachatur Khachatryan
Private Alen Navasardyan
Private Norayr Sargsyan
Private Armen Arakelyan
Private Rafik Gasparyan
Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan