Brown, Mordechai (Mordy)

Son of Henia and Kalman, Holocaust survivors. He was born on October 21, 1952, in Kiryat Ata, where he moved to Kiryat Bialik where he moved to Kiryat Bialik where he moved to Kiryat Eliezer where he grew up and was educated. – “Shalva” in Kiryat Eliezer, and went on to the ORT Sprinzak High School in Haifa, where he completed his studies at the Air Force Technical School, where he was a member of the Mahanot Ha’olim youth movement and played soccer in the Hapoel Haifa youth team. In November 1970, Mordi was drafted into the IDF and volunteered for the Golani Brigade. These were the days of the War of Attrition, and Mordi took part in the battle in the Sinai as a combat soldier. After a while, the Yom Kippur War broke out. Mordi was at the Hermon post when he was captured by the Syrians, and after a difficult battle managed to escape from the outpost and be saved. Upon his release he began working as a tractor operator at Harish and was assigned to reserve duty in the Armored Corps. In 1978 he married Dalit and was hired as a member of Egged. Over the years their three daughters – Dana, Sharon and Limor – were born. He was a devoted and devoted husband and father, whose main concern was with his family. Mordi worked hard to live in dignity, was comfortable and loved by everyone. On the 13th of Tammuz 5748 (13.7.1988), the day after he was called up for reserve duty, Mordi fell in the line of duty. He was injured and killed in an arms accident that took place at his base and was brought to rest in the military cemetery on the Carmel coast. Survived by his wife, three daughters, parents and sister Tova. His youngest daughter, Limor, was a week old when he fell. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the commander of the unit wrote: “Mordi was the living spirit, and contributed greatly to a high morale and mood, and was a good friend to his friends. His young daughter Limor and his desire to remain close to the family, agreed to fulfill the request of the unit and went to reserve duty, of which he did not return. ” His friends at Egged testify that he was “a diligent, honest and loyal man, many of whom were members of the Carmel branch.”