Pinchas, Ilana (Nanny)

Ilana bat Moshe and Ruma. She was born on the 18th of Tishrai, October 13, 1957 in Moshav Maor. Ilana was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in late February 1976. After basic training, she was assigned to the liaison corps and completed a telephone course. She was assigned to serve in the Hanan camp in the Jordan Valley. On the 17th of Iyar, May 17, 1976, Ilana was injured in an accident near the Peles camp on the Jordan Valley road, and fell in her line of duty. She was laid to rest in the cemetery in Hedera. Survived by her parents, four brothers and two sisters. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, her commanding officer wrote: “Ilana was a very good soldier, fulfilling her duties efficiently and with great devotion.”