Messinger, Yitzhak-Meir

Yitzhak, son of Schindel and Hirsch, a Holocaust survivor, was born on January 10, 1947, in Szczecin, Poland. Yitzhak was drafted into the IDF in mid-November 1964. After completing basic training, he completed a basic course in the Armored Corps and was trained as a gunman in a Sherman tank, and quickly integrated into the army. “His commander wrote:” He was pleasant, quiet and dedicated. Yitzhak was fond of his comrades in the unit and the staff. A year after he was discharged from regular service at the end of his service, he was called back to his unit when the Six-Day War broke out, and he took part in battles in Sinai, Two years later, his eldest daughter Irit was born, and this led him to increase his work to collect money for the purchase of an apartment, where he spent nights and nights working, and in September 1973 the family moved to the new apartment, Which he purchased in Rishon Letzion three weeks later During the Yom Kippur War, Yitzhak participated in the battle against the Syrians in the Golan Heights, as a tank crew member, and was killed in a battle that took place on October 12, 1973. His tank was hit by a direct hit and he was killed. he was buiried in Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery, where he left behind a wife and two daughters, one of whom was born after his death, parents and sister, and was raised to the rank of sergeant. Yitzhak was loved by everyone who knew him. “