Louner, Dan

Son of Esther and Zvi-Dov, was born on July 1, 1931 in New York, United States. In 1934, after his father completed his studies in the United States, the family returned to Israel with little Danny and settled in Rishon Letzion. The elementary school in Rishon Letzion and later in the Gymnasia in the moshavah and at the Montefiore School in Tel Aviv, and from the age of 10 he was a member of the Scouts movement and of the Young Maccabi, and later served in the Haganah in the moshava. He participated in the Gadna camps and at the outbreak of the War of Independence left the study bench and joined the ranks of the Palmach as part of the ” “My mother is the daughter of Biluim, who continue the tradition of the Maccabees, and Avi, too, came from America to fight in the ranks of the Jewish battalions.” In Givat Haim, Dan received He was trained as a saboteur, participated in the defense of Kfar Yona and was later transferred with his battalion to a eunuch in the Jerusalem hills, as part of the Harel Brigade. On September 17, 1948, he volunteered to go to the observation point at the Deir-Even outpost, near Hartuv. An enemy bullet passed through the window and hit his head. After being transferred to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, he died of his wounds. Dan was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Rishon Letzion, near his parents.