Turgeman, Shimon

Son of Marcel and Yamin, was born on February 20, 1963 in Kiryat Shmona. Shimon was a member of a large family that immigrated from Morocco and managed, despite the economic difficulties, to build a warm home in Kiryat Shmona. Shimon enlisted in the IDF In October 1980. On 26.4.1981, Shimon sat next to the driver in a fuel tank near the border with Lebanon, and the tank overturned. Simon was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Kiryat Shmona and left behind a mother, seven sisters and two brothers. He did his job well, despite the difficulties that surrounded him. “