Yakov Abilevich was born in Zaporozhye, USSR, 1906 to Pavel. He was married to Sofiya nee Simunova. Prior to WWII he lived in Verkhnedneprovsk, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in the Soviet armed forces. Yakov was killed in military service in WWII. Place of death: Soviet Union, 04/01/1943.
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.