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Trachtman, Yehuda

Trachtman, Yehuda


Yehuda, son of Jonah and Isaac, was born on May 16, 1944 in Ramat Gan. He studied at the “Giva’a” elementary school in Ramat Gan, and later went on to study at the Ohel Shem High School in Ramat Gan, in the real world. Yehuda – also known as Yudale – was an outstanding student throughout his school years and graduated from high school with honors. He was an active member of the “Scouts” movement in Ramat Gan and eventually guided it. In his youth he played the piano and the harmonica. Yehuda was a modest and humble man. He was always Simcha and good at what he had achieved with his own hands. He was kind and always ready to help anyone. He was naturally cheerful and cheerful and his black eyes always smiled. Yehuda was drafted into the IDF in August 1962 and assigned to the Armored Corps, where he was assigned to the Armored Corps, after completing a parachuting course, Four months before the end of his regular army service, he was released to study, on condition that he return the four months to the IDF when he completed his studies. During the Six-Day War he participated in the battles in Sinai, as a non-commissioned officer, and fought along the central route of Abu-Ajila, Bir-Hasna, where he completed his studies as an engineer. After graduating from the Technion in the summer of 1968, he took a trip to Europe, where he could work in the marble factories of his family, but decided to acquire as much experience and knowledge as possible in his profession – a construction engineer. Aviv In 1969, Yehuda married his girlfriend Leah, and in the summer of that year he made a trip with her to Europe. He was a good and devoted husband, a loving and caring father and a good son to his parents, and was a graduate of business administration at the Tel Aviv University School of Business, where he was a graduate of Business Administration, Ashtaram was responsible for carrying out projects in the Jordan Valley, Yamit and the Golan Heights, and completed his course with a very high grade. When the Yom Kippur War broke out, Yehuda took his unit and was sent to the Golan Heights, where he took part in the battles against the Syrians. On October 9, 1973, Yehuda was hit by the bombing of Iraqi planes on the Ramat Magshimim area and was transferred to a hospital. The next day, on October 10, 1973, he died of his wounds. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. Survived by a wife and son, parents and sister. After his fall, he was promoted to sergeant. In a letter of condolence to the bereaved family, the commander of the unit wrote: “Yehuda was brave and courageous in carrying out his missions under fire, and he was a devoted and loyal friend and a disciplined soldier.” His parents donated money to establish a scholarship fund in his name, from which scholarships will be awarded to students at Tel Aviv University each year.

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