Yasha Tatarchuk was born in Zhornishche, Ukraine (USSR), 1923 to Lazer and Golda. He was single. Prior to WWII he lived in Gnivan, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in the Soviet armed forces. Yasha was killed in military service in WWII.
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.