Rice, Joseph (“Yossi”)

Son of Shmuel and Feiga. He was born on November 25, 1939, in the city of Nerul, Poland After graduating in 1949 he studied at the Tachkemoni elementary school and completed his studies there, He was a member of the “Bnei Akiva” movement and was a guide to it, he loved music and liked collecting records, he was active in sports and traveled throughout the country and was drafted in August 1957, From time to time to reserve duty. We were also called to the flag at the outbreak of the Six-Day War. Yosef fought valiantly and was an excellent and dedicated soldier on the fifth day of the battles, on the 9th of June 1967, he fell during an attack on Deirdre and Tel Halal, was one of the first to climb the Golan Heights and was buried in the Afula military cemetery And was put to rest at the military cemetery in Haifa, where his name was immortalized in a booklet of the Kiryat Motzkin local council in memory of fallen sons.