Primak, Boris

Boris, son of Svetlana and Vladimir Primak, was born on August 22, 1989 in the city of St. Petersburg in Russia. On October 13, 1992, at the age of three, the family immigrated to Israel. In April 2008, he enlisted in the Navy, underwent basic training and took a course at the Navy’s Training Base 600, where he also swore allegiance to the IDF, and was later transferred to the Medical Corps, and about six months later he was appointed as the private commander of the Medical Corps. Corporal Boris Primak fell during his service from a severe head injury, on July 4, 2009, at the age of twenty. He was buried in the military cemetery in Upper Nazareth. Survived by his parents and sister.