Wadnicki, Joseph (“Yossi”, Yossele)

An only son to his parents, Moshe and Jonah. He was born on October 30, 1948 in Petah Tikva. His intelligence and talents were revealed in his studies in the naval course of the Eilat high school, as his testimony attests. He completed his three years of maritime studies at the school and for the fourth year served in the Israeli merchant fleet and completed the rank of third officer, was drafted into the IDF in April 1967. After the Six Day War he began serving in the Eilat destroyer two years after completing his studies at the school, But the director did not have time to respond to Yosef, because with the drowning of the destroyer “Eilat” by the impact of Egyptian missiles in front of the Romanian coast in northern Sinai on the day of the ” (21.10.1967) also found his death with the rest of his friends and was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Haifa.