Michael, son of Miriam and Shraga Keller, was born in 1928 in Czechoslovakia and immigrated to Israel in 1937. He lived in Haifa and was one of the Haifa youth who gave their lives for the rebirth of the homeland. Michael served in the Carmeli Brigade. He fell in battle in the Mayar area on 1 Elul, September 5, 1948. He was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Haifa.