Son of Allen (Eliahu) and Susan. He was born on March 8, 1959 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. When he was four, he moved with his family to Rochester, New York. Where he also began to attend the local school. In 1970 he immigrated to Israel and completed his elementary studies at the son of Shemen Youth Village, where he moved to Rehovot, where he also attended the Amos De-Shalit Municipal High School. Already as a child, Rami was an independent thinker and showed leadership skills. When he was ten years old, he won the first prize at the Rochester Municipal Competition, for a statue he made in son of-Gurion’s portrait. When he immigrated to Israel and arrived at the son of Shemen Youth Village, he quickly absorbed his sabra friends. He loved agriculture and rural life. His ability to find him always friends also revealed when he moved with his family to the streets – was always surrounded by people, whether his age or older than him. He also had friendships with his teachers at school, and although he often quarreled with them because of his independent opinions, they always regarded him as a kind and clever child. His studies in the real world made him Simcha, because he liked to “crack” problems that required thought, and he saw his future as a profession that required sharpness of mind – in the field of law. Rami was an excellent athlete, always a member of the school team and won several prizes in local and regional competitions. He had the qualities of a born leader, who were discovered from time to time in the company of the children. He joined his comrades in the Scout movement and in this framework went to work in farms. He was very interested in politics, read a lot, was open to any information and any new idea. When he traveled to Europe and the United States at the age of sixteen, in order to meet his extensive family there, he found social adaptability and was able to absorb and absorb new ways of life. His relationship with the parents was always warm and open. When he completed his matriculation exams, Rami and the group of viewers went to Kibbutz Erez. Due to his hepatitis, he was postponed to eight months. He spent eight kilometers every day in order to develop a good ability to be absorbed into the Golani reconnaissance unit, where he wanted to volunteer, and in early August 1978 Rami was drafted into the IDF and assigned to the infantry. In preparation for the Golani reconnaissance unit, Rami and his unit underwent a physical training course. According to his commanders, Rami was a “high-quality figure, a social type, independent, with high ambitions, a disciplined and intelligent soldier.” He had always helped his friends on his exhausting journeys. He was full of patriotism and love of life, and as they say: “If there was one among us who treated the difficult training and the physical difficulties, it was Rami … Before every difficult journey, In the difficult moments, when other people were broken, Rami Eitan was back and accepted the difficulties with healthy laughter, and he also helped and pushed and drew and encouraged, and Rami was a person who wanted to give the maximum. Physically and mentally, and when he passed the tests and was accepted into the reconnaissance unit, no one was happier than me. ” On December 20, 1978, he fell to the cemetery in Rehovot, leaving behind his parents and two brothers in a letter of condolence to the family: “I must point out that Rami was an exemplary soldier with high demands Of himself and of his friends, a sincere and honest man with great willpower. Was an open person and always ready to absorb new ideas on any subject, was loved by all of us. “
