Allalouf, Uzi
Uzi, son of Chana and Shmuel z “l, was born on January 1, 1943, in the city of Fez, Morocco, Uzi was recruited to the IDF in mid-August 1961. He was assigned to the Armored Corps, All stages of training with good grades fulfill all the tasks entrusted to him faithfully and without complaining or expressing dissatisfaction. He successfully completed the Centurion Artillery course and spent his time in impeccable service as an excellent crewman. In the opinion of his commanders at the time of his release, he said: “He is very devoted to his job.” This devotion to the job and to every task assigned to it was the most striking line in Uzi’s character. In the middle of February 1964, Uzi was discharged from the army. After his discharge he was accepted to an electronics technician course and completed his studies successfully, but was more inclined to engage in the profession as a hobby. He was hired to work at the “Fertilizers” factory as a metalworker and later worked in the BMB factory. All the while he was working on various refinements of the devices he had built and his dream was to upgrade weapons systems. He succeeded in realizing this dream when he was hired to work at the Soltam factory, where his rapid professional progress also began. His superiors discovered his outstanding talent in the field of optimization and human relations. Thanks to his modesty, integrity, fairness, and deep understanding of the soul of others, he managed to establish close ties with people and they sought his closeness. During his service in the reserves, Uzi participated in the Six Day War in the Sinai battles. In 1969 Uzi married his girlfriend Rina and the couple settled in Haifa, not far from his mother’s home. At every free moment he would visit the mother, who was in poor health and help her as much as he could. A lot of joy was given to her in his rapid progress in work and in the two lovely children, Sigal and Shmulik, who grew up with boundless love. A man who lived in peace with the whole world-that was how his relatives and friends and the people who worked with him knew him. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Uzi was sent with his unit to the battle zone in Sinai. On October 16, 1973, near the “spider” axis east of the Suez Canal, his tank was hit by an anti-tank missile and Uzi was killed. He was brought to eternal rest in the Haifa cemetery. Survived by a wife, son, and daughter, mother, four sisters and three brothers. After his fall, he was promoted to sergeant.
