Drucker, Alexander
Was born on September 25, 1944 in Russia, where he completed his first six years of elementary school in his hometown. Afterward he studied for two years in a vocational school, and in March 1961 he joined the IDF. Due to health problems was placed in a transport unit. After completing compulsory service, he began to work as a construction worker. He continued his service in the Israel Defense Forces as a reserve soldier, took courses in transportation, and in December 1978 was promoted to corporal. After completing a course, drivers were promoted to sergeant. During the Peace for Galilee War he was called several times for reserve service as a driver and a technical assistant in a military fuel station. In September 1982 he was called to serve in Lebanon. On October 15, 1982, at a checkpoint on the Beirut-Damascus road near the town of Ali, a Lebanese car entered the water point near the checkpoint. In the car sat a young Lebanese driver and driver. The young wife got off the car, turned to Alexander, and at that moment the car exploded with her driver and flared up. Alexander was killed. He was 38 when he died. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery of his hometown of Ofakim. He left behind a wife, two daughters, a son, parents and two brothers. The commander of his unit wrote about him in a letter of condolence to his family: “Alexander served in the unit as a driver and as an assistant technical noncom. He performed his duties with devotion. He was an entrepreneur and a leader. Served as a model for his colleagues in his serious approach “
