Alpern, Adi

Adi (Shimon), son of Esther and Jacob, was born in Tel Aviv on September 15, 1950. He studied at the Ayalon Elementary School in Nahalat Yitzhak and later continued his studies at the ORT vocational high school He studied English at an institution for foreign students in London, and was a diligent student, meticulous in preparing lessons and loved by his teachers and accepted by his friends, and was a member of the Scouts and Maccabi Hatzair movements. The sea, and a lot of swim and engage in underwater fishing and several times participated in the crossing of the Sea of ​​Galilee, and traveled extensively throughout the country, on foot and in the vehicle. Adi was fond of helping others, was willing to help the weak and was good and kind to his surroundings, polite and pleasant, pleasant, open-hearted, intelligent and quick-paced, 1968 and volunteered for the Armored Corps. After completing his basic training, he completed a course in the “Centurion” tank course, a tank tank course, and a course for tank commanders. He spent most of his regular service at the dock post on the banks of the Suez Canal. His commanders, who gave him the “Operational Service Award,” wrote about him in his opinion: “Adi is an excellent soldier, disciplined, with an excellent profession and a strong desire to succeed … He volunteers for every role and serves as a model for his subordinates and friends.” In the workshop where he worked with his father, he was evident in his activity, his energy, his diligence and his precision. He was calm and confident, cool and confident, but he was not arrogant. He was not picky, liked the simplicity, and was Simcha with it. About a month before the war broke out, he married his girlfriend Divona. He was a loving husband and a loyal son and devoted to the parents and respected them. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Adi was recruited and sent with his unit to the front in Sinai. During the fighting he fought in the battalion as a tank commander. On October 24, 1973, after the second cease-fire was declared in the city of Suez, his tank was hit by an enemy missile and Adi was killed on the spot. At first he was considered missing. His body was later identified and brought to rest in the Kiryat Shaul cemetery. He left behind a wife, father, mother and sister. After his fall, he was promoted to First Sergeant. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote: “Adi was an excellent professional, courageous and devoted, acceptable and sympathetic to the soldiers of the unit and evidently wanted to help his comrades.”