Jakov Rodkin was born in Orsha, Belorussia (USSR), 1922 to Berka and Sonia. He was a photographer and single. Prior to WWII he lived in Orsha, Belorussia (USSR). During the war he was in the Soviet armed forces. Jakov was killed in military service in WWII. Place of death: Bogatov, Russia (USSR), 30/01/1943.
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.