Shtahl, Emanuel

Emanuel, son of Sarah and Shmuel. Born in Tel Aviv on February 18, 1948, he studied at the Hashmonaim Elementary School in Ramat Gan and at the Newark Elementary School in New Jersey, USA. He graduated from high school there, at the Humane Gymnasium in Tel Aviv and another two years in a professional school in electronics in New York, where he was known by his acquaintances as “Ami”, who grew up in Ramat Gan. He traveled with his parents to the United States, then returned to Israel, and in 1966 he traveled again for two years with his mother, who needed medical treatment, and in the United States he studied at the RCA institutes for the study of electronics of color television circuits and transistors. Who was drafted into the IDF in mid-August 1968 and assigned to the Armored Corps. After basic training and after graduating from the Centurion tank course and finishing with a good grade, he was placed as a tank gunner in an armored battalion. He was later assigned to a research unit. After a while he was sent to a tank training course, where he graduated with a good grade, and was assigned as a tank-picket gun in one of the corps. After completing his regular service, Emanuel was assigned to reserve duty as a “Centurion” tank gunner in the same brigade. His discharge certificate indicated that he was a good soldier, devoted and loyal, an excellent staff member and very good worker. After leaving his regular service, he began working as an electronics technician at Telco’s Tadiran plant in Petah Tikva. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Emanuel was called to his unit and sent to Sinai, where he participated in the braking battles against the Egyptians. On October 15, 1973, he participated in an attack on the “screw” in the northern sector of the Suez Canal. During the battle his tank was hit by a missile and Immanuel was hit and killed. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. Survived by his parents and one. After his fall, he was promoted to sergeant. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the commander of the unit wrote: “Immanuel was an exemplary soldier and an outstanding fighter, he was disciplined and loved by the soldiers and commanders of the unit.”