He died on August 29, 2014, when leaving the boiler room of the so-called Ilovay boiler. "Green Corridor" on the road between the village. Novokaterynivka and x. Gorbatenko. September 3, 2014 body Pogorelov MA together with the bodies of 96 others killed in the so-called The Ilovay boiler was brought to the Dnipropetrovsk morgue. He was recognized by his relatives.

Presidential Decree No. 747/2014 of September 29, 2014, "for personal courage and heroism revealed in defense of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine", was awarded the Order "For Courage" of the 3rd degree (posthumously).