Yukhanon Melikhov was born in Nalchik, Russia (USSR) to Bentzion and Khasibo. He was a military man and married to Meryon. Prior to WWII he lived in Nalchik, Russia (USSR). During the war he was in the Soviet armed forces. Yukhanon was killed in military service in WWII. Place of death: Anapa, Russia (USSR), 09/1943.
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.