Dahan, Maimon

Was born on May 27, 1963. He was the eldest son of a family from the new village of Peki’in in the Western Galilee, attended the elementary school in Ma’alot and later at the Yad Natan school in Kabri. To help his parents with the housework and the family farm, was a quiet man with a pleasant temperament, and on August 4, 1981, Maimon enlisted in the IDF and served in the Ordnance Corps. He took a course in armored personnel carriers, got promoted to the rank of Corporal and served in a territorial unit in the Golan Heights. When the Peace for Galilee War broke out he was stationed in Lebanon and took an active part in establishing an armament base on the front. He advanced with the force that fought in West Beirut and worked day and night, under fire, repairing a damaged combat vehicle. Was very alert and took part in the social life of his company. On 12 July 1983 he went on leave. From his base in Lebanon he arrived in Nahariya and was picked up by a civilian car driver who was driving towards Ma’alot. On the way, the car collided with a truck in front of her. Maimon was critically wounded and evacuated to the hospital. For more than three weeks he fought for his life, and on August 8, 1983, he died of his wounds. He was twenty years old when he died. Maimon was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Nahariya. Survived by his parents, four brothers and a sister. The commander of his unit wrote to Maimon’s family after his death: “I was his commander in the outbreak of the Peace for the Galilee war, and from the first moment stood out in his silence, with a smile that always floated on his face. In the western sector and in the eastern sector, and joined the team to strengthen the forces and was an active partner in setting up the workshop in Zahrani during a very difficult period. Another commander wrote to his parents: “His character and characteristics are everywhere in the company, and his dedication to work and his good attitude toward his comrades remains engraved in the memory of us all.” His friends published a pamphlet in his memory.