Yosef, son of Yehuda and Bruria Shoham, was born on the 11th of Cheshvan (3 November 1949) in Degania Bet. Yosef was drafted into the IDF in August 1967 and joined the Paratroopers Brigade. Yosef fell in the line of duty on the 21st of Adar (21.2.1968). brought to rest in the military cemetery in Haifa.