Ben-Shalom (Yadlobker), David

Son of Yehezkel and Bluma. He was born in Vilnius, Lithuania on April 26, 1947, where he completed his fourth grade studies and went to Poland for elementary school and completed his sixth grade studies. In his studies until the end of eighth grade, and later studied in the place until the eleventh grade (inclusive) among the youth group. In August 1965, he enlisted in the IDF and volunteered for the Navy, where he was ordained as a submarine in July 1966 and served in the submarines as a talented sniper. He worked as a responsible, diligent and devoted mechanic, and as the Navy commander wrote in his letter of condolences to his parents, He was sent to England and joined the crew of the submarine “Dakar” – and when the time came for the submarine to return to the port of the house, on the sea route between Gibraltar and Haifa, the connection with it was not renewed again On the 24th of Tevet 5728 (25.1.1968) The chief stated that the date of David’s death, in the course of his duties together with the rest, was on January 30, 1968. Since David was one of the missing members of the team A memorial monument was erected in the memorial to the Dakar men in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem On 28.5.1999, after years of searching, the INS Dakar submarine was found on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea , At a depth of 2900 meters on its planned sailing route and 250 miles from the port of Haifa. This fallen hero is a “maklan” – a hero whose burial place is unknown.