Erez, Rimon

Son of Jacob and Simchah. He was born on January 1, 1940, in Beirut, Lebanon, and immigrated to Israel in 1949. He completed his studies at the elementary and high school in Kibbutz Ein Harod and was a counselor in the Hanoar Haoved movement in Tel Aviv. In May 1957 he was drafted into the IDF and served in the Armored Corps, and afterward he would occasionally go on reserve duty. At the outbreak of the Six-Day War, called to reserve duty, and as a crew member he fell in a battle that took place on Qantila in Sinai on the second day of the battles, on the 27th of Iyar 5727 (6.6.1967). He was buried in the military cemetery in Bari and was later transferred to eternal rest in the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery.