Schechter, Uri
Uri, the son of Elisheva z “l and Yitzchak, was born on 24.1.1953 in Tel Aviv. He attended the Yehuda Maccabee Elementary School and the Tel Aviv Municipal High School. Uri was a diligent student. His teacher told him that he was a serious young man, thoughtful and profound, with brilliant answers and works, based on great knowledge. From his youth he was a sports fan and excelled in basketball and swimming. He also loved nature and the country, and traveled extensively in Merhavia, equipped with books, maps and references. In the school he ran the animal enthusiasts department, worked in gardening and was an enthusiastic collector of various types of stones. Everyone knew him as a handsome young man, tall, quiet, modest, gentle and sensitive and always ready to help others. Every person was friendly and he had many friends. Uri was drafted into the IDF in early August 1971 and was assigned to the Armored Corps, where he successfully completed various courses in the tank fields. Afterward, he was sent to an officer’s course and to the Armored Officers Course. When he finished he was stationed in an armored unit as a guide and commander of a tank division. Uri was a soldier and an outstanding officer, devoted and loyal. He always excelled in all the different roles he played. He demanded many of his subordinates, but he demanded much from himself. He understood the soldiers and his apprentices, who were usually almost his age, and often commanded soldiers who were his classmates. In the Yom Kippur War Uri fought as commander of an armored unit in Ras Sudar. He survived all battles and vacations after the end of the fighting, devoted visits to the hospitals to his wounded friends, and offered condolences to the bereaved families. On December 31, 1973, Uri was killed in an accident near the 101 kilometer road on the Suez-Cairo road, and was brought to the eternal rest of the cemetery in Kiryat Shaul, after which he was promoted to lieutenant. Was published in the booklet “Sad Flowers” – a hand for the graduates of the Tel Aviv High School in Tel Aviv, as well as in the “Derech Ha’esh” booklet about his battalion’s experiences in the war.
