Gross, Shmuel-Elimelech

Shmuel-Elimelech, son of Chaya and Natan-Yehuda, was born in Uradla, Romania on 27 June 1948, to his parents, Holocaust survivors, who lost their family during the war. The family settled in Herzliya, where he studied at the Bar-Ilan elementary school. As a good student in the real professions, he continued his high school studies at Yeshivat Torah and Malakah in Kfar Avraham, where he studied in the framework profession. He was a good and diligent student, modest and pleasant. He was always willing to help others and was loved by his friends and educators. In his youth he was a member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement, and in his youth served as a counselor in the kibbutz. Shmuel was drafted into the IDF at the end of September 1966. At the beginning of his service, he served as a member of the “Magshimim” group at Kibbutz Ein HaNatziv, where he was assigned to the infantry corps, where he completed the following courses: “Machine guns and a squadron of infantry commanders. During the Six-Day War he participated in battles in the Um-Katef area. In late November 1969 he completed his compulsory service and was released. When he went out to civilian life, he married his childhood friend Rachel, and eventually he was born into a couple named Zvi. In the Yom Kippur War, Shmuel fought on the southern front. Since during reserve duty he was transferred to the Armored Corps, he was included in the war with an armored patrol unit in Major General Sharon’s division. He participated in the battles of containment and incursion against the Egyptians on the Sinai front. In the battle that took place on October 18, 1973, a shell hit his armored personnel carrier and he was killed, brought to rest in the Kiryat Shaul cemetery, leaving behind a wife and son, a father and a mother. “In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, his commander wrote:” Shmuel was loved and accepted by his comrades and commanders. His actions and perseverance in this long war served as a source of strength for his comrades. “His parents founded a kupat kemach in his memory called Shem Shmuel; His name was also immortalized in the book of remembrance of the descendants of Tishnad, his mother’s hometown; His name was also commemorated in the holy book “Imrei Yehuda” and in the holy book of the servants of God; A leaflet published by the patrol battalion includes a list in his memory.