Nakhman Zelichenok was born in Osobin, Belorussia (USSR), 1891 to Rufim. He was married to Faina nee Galperina. Prior to WWII he lived in Friling, Russia (USSR). During the war he was in the Soviet armed forces. Nakhman was killed in military service in WWII. Place of death: Krym, USSR, 1941.
Large numbers of Jewish soldiers serving in the Allied military forces, many of them in the Soviet army, were killed in combat or died of battle wounds.