Poupko, Ron
Son of Batya and Eliahu, he was born on September 1, 1962 in Safed to his parents, Holocaust survivors. He studied in Safed in the Tobiash State High School and finished high school. During his years of growing up, he liked to play in many sports, volleyball, basketball, swimming, and especially tennis, and Ron played volleyball at Hapo’el Tzfat. Ron enlisted in the Armored Corps, he was an artillery officer, and at the same time served as an official and company clerk, and despite his military life, he found many friends. To help a member of the unit, he excelled in his sensitivity, his temperament, and his willingness to help others. Ron did his job faithfully and relied on his commanders not to send him to perform unnecessary tasks. In the Lebanon War he fought along the western route to Beirut, with his unit to the eastern front, and north of the lake. The Santorion tank he was riding in was hit by a shell explosion. Ron fell on 14 Av, August 3, 1982, a month before he was 20 years old. He was promoted after his death. Ron was buried in the military cemetery in Safed. He left parents. During the war, Ron wrote a combat diary and described the battles with great conciseness and restraint. His last line was “Now I’m waiting to go home, maybe even today, with G-d’s help.”
