Mordechai, son of Yehia and Esther Edri, was born in 1947 in Trondet, Morocco. The family immigrated to Israel with Mordechai. Mordechai’s profession was frameworks. He was drafted into the IDF in February 1966 and on the 26th of Tevet (8.1.1967) he fell while fulfilling his duties and was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Hadera.