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Marciano, Uri

Marciano, Uri


Son of Madeleine and Moshe was born in Rehovot on 29 November 1954. Uri began his studies at the “Bialik” elementary school in Lod and completed his studies at the ORT vocational school in Lod in the framework of mechanical frameworks. He was a member of the ground gymnastics team of the Lod municipality, and Uri took part in various national competitions, and his best achievement was in 1969 when he won the first place in the Israel Gymnastics Championship and after his training at the Wingate Institute he became a sports instructor and performed with his fellow athletes on Independence Day Uri was drafted into the IDF at the beginning of August 1973, and as a professional he joined the Armament Corps. After undergoing a weapons course, he was employed as a trainer, but was transferred – at his request – to an armored unit and engaged in the maintenance of the tanks. Uri participated in the Yom Kippur War and was awarded the war signal. When his time came to be released, his behavior on the release certificate was marked “very good,” and his commanders estimated that he was “a good soldier, disciplined, efficient and dedicated, very responsible for his work.” In early August 1967, he was released from regular service. He found his livelihood by profession – mechanical frames. Ori managed the “Orly frameworks”. In his spare time he worked as a youth counselor and was employed as a metalworker. He also served as a sports instructor at the neighborhood club Ahva, and found time to engage in his hobbies: hunting, fishing, stamp collecting and a guitar chore at the municipal conservatory. Uri married Dina and at the end of January 1982, about six months before they fell, they had two twin daughters, Tal and Sivan. When Operation Peace for the Galilee began, Uri was called to reserve duty. On the fifth day of the war, on June 10, 1982, First Sergeant Uri fell in combat in Lebanon during the Peace for Galilee war near the village of Livia and was brought to eternal rest in the military section of the old cemetery in Lod. He left behind a wife and two daughters, parents and two brothers. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, Prime Minister Sharon said that Uri “was a dedicated, disciplined soldier, who functioned very efficiently during the fighting, with an excellent professional.” After they fell, the name of the neighborhood club Achva was changed, and it was now called Uri Uri Marciano Club. The club has extensive educational activities. One of the activities is the development and raising the physical fitness of young people who intend to enlist in the IDF, and since 1984, the club has held a mini-soccer tournament called “The Little World Cup” in memory of Uri Marciano.

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