Shukron, Amnon

An only son to his parents, Isaac and Esther. Born on April 14, 1937 in Casablanca, Morocco, where he completed his studies in elementary and high schools, was active in Jewish organizations and smuggled them to Israel, and was saved by the authorities at the very last minute after being informed about his activities. He was smuggled to France and, after completing his training there, immigrated to Israel in 1961 and was educated in the kibbutz for seven months in November 1961. In November 1961 he was drafted into the IDF. Upon his discharge from the army he worked in an oil refining plant in Haifa Bay. From time to time he went on reserve duty and served as a driver in the half-track, and he also fought for one of the strongest enemy strongholds that would harass the surrounding communities. And diligently facing the enemy vessels firing fire into the well-guarded post. Amnon managed to drive his vehicle up to the enemy post and help with his rapid conquest. In the battle that took place on the Golan Heights on the fifth day of the war, he fell on the 9th of Sivan 5767 (June 9, 1967), when Amnon fell on his mission as befitting his character and his courageous fighting. At the military cemetery in Afula, and was later transferred to the military cemetery in Haifa, where his name was immortalized in a booklet published by the Kiryat Motzkin local council in memory of the fallen soldiers.