Leon, David (Dudik)

Son of Yitzhak and Malka. He was born on the 28th of Tammuz, 5761 (August 1, 1951) in Ramle. He studied at the Weizman Elementary School in Holon and later completed his studies at the ORT Technicum High School in Givatayim, where David loved drawing and machine-drawing and excelled in his drawing, and his childhood friends remember him as a ” And in her character, a figure who impressed both young and old, from whom you can learn and see as an example, a figure that was superior to everyone around her, a figure whom everyone respected and admired. “David, who was known by his associates as Puma, His friends, friends and acquaintances were many, and among his close friends he played the role of a leader and his great activism David, who loved the tennis game, made many people of this sport among his friends, and was appointed as a tennis youth guide by the Arad Regional Council, and his open admiration was given to Maccabi Tel Aviv and his great dream was that his favorite team would win the cup David was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in November 1969 and was appointed to the General Staff. He successfully filled various clerical positions and in 1971 he took part in a course for officers of the three. After he was discharged from the army, he married a wife, and later his eldest son, Aviad, was born. David was called every year for active reserve duty and took part in the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War in the Sinai. In 1977 he volunteered for the permanent army and fulfilled his duties to the satisfaction of his commanders. On May 24, 1977, David fell in the line of duty. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Arad. He left behind a wife, son, parents, two sisters and a brother. After his death he was promoted to the rank of Major. His commander, Danny, wrote to the bereaved family: “His great devotion, his strong desire to promote things, his loyalty to the purpose of conscripting himself into the permanent army as a personal contribution to the state are not common. Calm and went into the labor force in the IDF. His laughter, the assistance he gave his soldiers and the integrity that came to the discovery in his work are etched in the hearts of everyone. “