Yakov Averbukh was born in Velikiye Luki, Russia (USSR), 1905. He was married to Fanya Penya nee Sundakova. Prior to WWII he lived in Rzhev, Russia (USSR). During the war he was in Rzhev, Russia (USSR). Yakov was killed in military service in WWII. Place of death: unknown, 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.