Akiva Vul was born in Berdichev, Ukraine (USSR), 1909 to Yosif. He was a signal officer and married to Golda nee Stavskaya. During the war he was in the Soviet armed forces. Akiva was killed in military service in WWII. Place of death: Brody, Poland, 26/06/1941.
Among the Jewish soldiers killed in WWII, especially in the Red Army, tens of thousands were singled out and murdered as Jews while in captivity as prisoners of war.