Perry, Yosef (Sefi)

Yosef (Sefi), son of Chasia and Jacob, was born on March 2, 1952, in Rechovot. He attended the Sprinzak Elementary School in Rehovot, the elementary school near the Hebrew Gymnasium in Jerusalem and the elementary school in Rome, Italy. He completed his studies at the Rehovot High School, in the humanitarian field. During his first years, Sefi lived in Rehovot and later moved with his family to Jerusalem. Two years later, the family traveled to Rome for two years. Due to his father’s duties, the family moved from place to place, and Sefi had to study in several schools, and learn Italian. He was a sports fan, and as a member of Maccabi, he played soccer. When he was 12 years old, Sefi lost his mother, and on a summer vacation at the end of the seventh year of his high school, he went with a youth delegation from the Union of Local Authorities to a meeting with youth in Europe.
He was recruited to the IDF in early November 1970 and was assigned to the Armored Corps, after completing his tank training course, and was assigned to the armored corps as a guide in a tank commanders course Where he served until he left for a spring brake release, when Sefi was released on the eve of Yom Kippur, when he arrived at the unit, he organized a team and went with him to Sinai, where he fought with bravery and sacrifice, (7.10.1973), during an armored battle in short ranges on a “Nozel” ridge, in the central section of a canal he was killed by a shell in his tank, and Sefi was hit and killed, and was brought to rest in the cemetery in Rehovot, he left behind a father and two brothers, and was raised to the rank of sergeant. While showing courage and recognition of the mission he carried out. “