David Abarbanel was born in Velikiye Luki, Russia (USSR), 1910 to Shmuel and Ester nee Gindelson. He was an officer and married to Yevgenia. Prior to WWII he lived in Velikiye Luki, Russia (USSR). During the war he was in the Soviet armed forces. David was killed in military service in WWII. Place of death: Brest, Poland, 22/06/1941.
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.