Weingold, Reuven (“Rivla”)

Son of Marcel and Clara. He was born on July 17, 1947 in a refugee camp in Vienna, the capital of Austria. Since childhood, he was connected to his parents and his devotion to them was exemplary. The family immigrated to Israel in 1948. By the time he reached school he had studied at Ma’alot HaNevi’im Elementary School and completed his studies there. Afterward, he studied for three years at a Sprinzak vocational school. He spent most of his free time reading. He respected and respected his friends and everyone saw him as a loyal friend because in times of depression or distress he was the source of comfort and encouragement. His house also served as a meeting place for his friends. He loved children and used to play the children of his yard when he had the chance. Before his enlistment in the Israel Defense Forces, he spent six months training for the army, and after completing his army service in April 1965, he completed a wireless training course for several months and then served in this field. On the last day of his vacation, a few days before the ship was sunk, he told his parents that in a month ‘s time, He’s released “but I’m not going to get off the sea. I want to be a wireless officer in the merchant marine and see the world. “The Eilat was one of the most devoted soldiers, exemplary disciplined and his behavior was amazing, because here too his devotion to his friends was expressed, because when he heard of a friend who was wounded he ran to donate blood. In the last battle of the destroyer, when it was drowned by Egyptian missiles in front of the Romanian coast in northern Sinai on the 18th of Tishrei 5721 (October 21, 1967), he also found his death, a hero’s death, along with the rest of his friends.