Sed, Angelo

Ben Elvira and Fernando was born in San Lorenzo, Italy, on March 30, 1955. He was a member of Hashomer Hatza’ir and was active in establishing a settlement group in his city. In 1978 he immigrated to Israel with his friends in the nucleus and joined Kibbutz Sasa in the Western Galilee. Although the compulsory military service law did not apply to him, he volunteered for a paratrooper Nahal paramilitary brigade and in January 1979 he joined the IDF On 9 August 1979, during a training exercise near Bethlehem, a new American missile, Who had just been put into service in the IDF. In the explosion, Angelo was wounded by mortal wounds. He was twenty-four when he died. At the request of his family, his body was laid to rest in his hometown of Italy. He left behind his parents, two sisters and a brother. The commander of his unit wrote about him in a letter of condolence to his family: “Angelo enlisted in the IDF and Nahal unit, although he could have chosen an easier route, Great vitality, leadership ability and always cheerful mood. ” His friends planted a grove in his memory on Kibbutz Sasa.