Grossmark, Pinchas

Son of Malka and Mordechai, was born on 15 July 1951 in Pardes Hanna. The parents, Holocaust survivors, immigrated from Poland in 1950. At the age of 3 months, Pinchas was orphaned from his father. His mother remarried and had three sons and a daughter. His stepfather raised Pinchas as his son. Pinchas was educated in religious schools. At first, he attended the religious school “Kadima” in Moshav Beit Meir in the mountains of Jerusalem, and later in the “Torah and Malcha” High School in Kfar Avraham, Petah Tikva. In the summer of 1968, when he was about to enlist in the IDF, Pinchas asked to be admitted to a pre-army boarding school for the study of car-electric engineering, and he undertook to serve for one year in the career army, in addition to three years of regular army service. Disciplined, responsible, knowledgeable, fulfilling his duties to satisfaction. “During his service he served in the Ordnance Corps, advanced, and prior to his service in the regular army he rose to the rank of First Sergeant, married Shifra and built his home in Rehovot, Armaments, both during the War of Attrition and in the Yom Kippur War, and won two medals: the Yom Kippur War and the operational service In 1973, Pinchas retired from the army and began working for the Solel Boneh in Rishon Letzion as an equipment mechanic, volunteering to serve in the Civil Guard, and in January 1978 Pinchas decided to return to the army for a period of three years. He rose to the rank of sergeant, completed his studies and in 1981 was promoted to the rank of major sergeant. On January 25, 1982, Pinchas went to his base in Gaza City, where a grenade was thrown at his car, Pinchas was killed and killed on the spot, and was 31 years old when he died Minister of Defense Ariel Sharon wrote to his wife: “Sergeant Pinchas Grossmark He served in the IDF’s Ordnance Corps, and he was an excellent professional, loved by his comrades-in-arms and commanders. ” Pinchas was laid to rest at the civilian cemetery in Rehovot. He left behind a wife, three sons, three brothers and a sister.