Feigelson, Meir

Son of Moshe and Sarah. He was born in 1915 in the town of Penishev, Lithuania, where he served in the Lithuanian “Gesher” pioneering training unit and eventually immigrated to Israel in 1939. He was a good and loving Lev, Proud and Simcha with his children and grandchildren, and the close ties he had with his family, which he always wanted to be with, served as an example to many. He lived a civilian life and had the right to be discharged from military service, but at the outbreak of the Six-Day War he volunteered to be a driver despite his age, But he volunteered for every trip and wore his IDF uniform proudly. His commanders ordered him several times to leave the fighting and go to a safer place, but he refused and wanted to remain with his comrades-in-arms despite the great effort that was required of him. On the second day of the fighting, he was 26 Iyar 5727 (6.6.1967), fell in the olive grove near Rosh Pina. He left a wife and three children. He was buried in the military cemetery in Haifa and after a while was put to rest in the cemetery at Kibbutz Dafna. After the army fell, the army saw him as a volunteer who had volunteered for reserve duty. Kibbutz Dafna in “Thirty” for his death dedicated his leaf “Leaves of Daphne” in his memory. Hakibbutz Hame’uchad’s memoir “Who Fell in the War” was mentioned.