Shiloni, Yehoram

Son of Jonah and Esther. Was born on 27.1.1952 in Jerusalem. He studied at the Ma’aleh elementary and high school and continued to study for matriculation exams in an external school. He excelled in his excellent physique and endurance and participated in various sports competitions held in the schools where he studied. The many honors awarded to him adorn the walls of his room to this day. During his elementary school years, he was a member of the Scouts movement, and during the high school period he was a member of the “Beit Nehemia” club, which had special courses for tour and navigation. Yehoram toured the country and arrived alone, or accompanied by some of his friends, to remote places. He used to prepare his lessons quickly and the time he spent was devoted to reading journalistic works, literature, novels, adventure books and poetry, and he wrote many times in his letters reflecting a sensitive and discerning soul that knows how to translate He had a serious flaw in his eye and was afraid that because of this defect the IDF might not call for service, Or send it to a rear-end unit. Therefore he made efforts to hide this defect and indeed succeeded. Yehoram enlisted in the IDF in early February 1970 and volunteered for one of the elite units, completing the course of combat soldiers: basic training, a platoon commander’s course, a parachuting course, and completing a course in reconnaissance and reconnaissance. He received most of his service in the northern part of the country, and the wild, wild north appealed to him and planned to settle in Moshav Neve Ativ, which was established at the foot of Mount Hermon by soldiers who had been discharged from his unit. On 24 January 1972, Corporal Yehoram was killed in a clash with terrorists in the village of Hamam in Lebanon and brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery on Mount Herzl. Brave and exemplary friend. Was loved by all who knew him. “His direct commander wrote to the family:” Your son was there in the unit, among the fighters, the first volunteers and the best of the comrades. He was loved by all of us, his friends and commanders. “In his memory, a monument was erected on the slopes of the Hermon at the Tank junction, and his name was immortalized in the Ma’ale School in Jerusalem and in the” Zekor Ha-Nefimim “