Dolitzky, Nachman

Son of Aryeh and Rivka. He was born on March 5, 1933, in Tel Aviv, where he studied elementary school at the Balfour School and graduated from the “Shevach” vocational school. To the IDF. After his discharge from the army he was called up for reserve duty and recently served in the Artillery Corps. In the exchange of fire with the enemy that took place in the Beit She’an Valley, he was wounded and died of his wounds on Wednesday, May 2, 1968. He left a wife and was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul, the commander of his unit wrote a letter of condolences to his wife: But in that short period of time he succeeded in his calmness, his moderation and his constant smile to be fond of the members of his unit and became part of them, part of that fraternity called comradeship, brotherhood unparalleled. Nachman served as an example as a soldier and a commander. There was nothing difficult for him to carry out, and there was no task assigned to him, and he recoiled from it. Whatever he did, on his own initiative and not at his initiative, he did willingly, faithfully and with devotion. “