Cadet Semyon Frenkel was born in Krasnoyarsk, Russia (USSR), 1917 to Khaim and Lyubov. Prior to WWII he lived in Yakutsk, Russia (USSR). During the war he was in the Soviet armed forces. Cadet Frenkel was killed in military service in WWII. Place of death: Krasnopolye, Ukraine (USSR), 23/08/1943.
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.