Diamond (Diamant), Arie-Leon

Aryeh-Leon, son of Sarah and Yeshayahu, a Holocaust survivor, was born on September 11, 1948, in Lancashrona, Sweden, and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1949. Arieh was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in mid-November 1966 and was appointed to the IDF. On serve in a combat unit, despite the family grounds and for reasons of health, given his authority to serve a rear unit. He was a good officer, responsible and devoted, with a great professional knowledge, punctual, acceptable to his subordinates and very much loved by them, and he did not adhere to the rules of discipline, but demanded precise execution He served in the permanent army for a few months and was awarded the “Six Day War.” Arieh was a little silent and closed, and it was hard to tell him, but he stirred up a sensitive soul. He had a quick grasp and a great deal of interest, he was very determined and consistent in his opinions, curious, He was a true man, pure-hearted and conscientious, cold-blooded, with a strong sense of humor, He was a caring brother, a dedicated husband and a loving father, and when the Yom Kippur War broke out he was sent with his unit to the front in Sinai. On October 15, 1973, Aryeh fell in battle. He was killed and killed on the spot, face to face against a large Egyptian commando force that blocked the road to the besieged “Budapest” outpost, opposite Port Fuad in the northern sector. He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery at Kibbutz Ein Dor. He left behind a wife and son and a sister.