Mashiach, Jacob (“Biko”)

Son of Avraham and Esther (Boca). He was born on the 10th of March 1926 in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, and after graduating from high school, he completed his studies in a high school of engineering in his hometown, and his profession was mechanical engineering and construction. He was chosen by the Bulgarian government to send him to the Soviet Union for further training, but he chose another way, and he immigrated to Israel, where he had taken his life from his childhood. On the 26th of Av 5761 (26.8.1951) he fell in the line of duty and was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Haifa.