Placeig, Yoram

Son of Avraham and Henia. He was born on the 4th of Av, July 24, 1944, in Jerusalem. He was a cheerful, joyful, intelligent and alert young man. He completed his studies at the Hebrew Gymnasium. From the age of ten, he studied violin, and after seven years, graduated from the Rubin Academy of Music. While he was busy with his various studies, he was involved in sports. Despite his successes, he was modest. In August 1963, he was drafted into the IDF. After completing a basic training course he was sent to an officer’s course, which he successfully completed. From here, to the end of his service, he served as a lieutenant colonel in several officer posts, including training soldiers from Africa. In March 1966, he was released from the army and began working for the Tourism Ministry and later as a bank clerk (Barclays). At the same time, he began studying political science and philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. But from time to time, and even before the outbreak of the Six-Day War, he was called up for reserve duty. In the reserves, he was a lieutenant. At the outbreak of the war, he was transferred with his unit to Ramat Rachel, opposite the monastery of Mar Elias on the way to Bethlehem. On the second day of the fighting, on the 27th of Iyar, June 6, 1967, he fell in a bunker with several of his classmates. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. A grove, in memory of four officers who fell in the Six-Day War, was planted by the Jewish National Fund in the Jerusalem hills, called “the grove of the four”. In the book “Nizkor” published by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Student Union, his history and description of his last sacrifice, is written.