Semen Galperyn was born in Bazaliya, Ukraine (USSR) to Manus and Dvoira. Prior to WWII he lived in Bazaliya, Ukraine (USSR). During the war he was in the Soviet armed forces. Semen 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.