Wexler, Yitzhak-Yosef (“Poey”)

Son of Max and Johanna. Born in the city of Baku, Romania, on September 10, 1945, he completed his high school studies in his hometown and studied for six months at the Pedagogical Institute, where he immigrated to Israel in 1964. Hebrew. He was interested in mathematics and building engineering and wanted to continue to buy knowledge after his military service, and he was fond of nature and was especially fond of traveling all over the country, and after a few months of studying at the university he was drafted into the IDF in February 1965 Participated in the reprisal operation in Samua. In volunteering for the paratroopers he was delighted that in all respects he had found great satisfaction in this corps. After the Six-Day War broke out, he was still in compulsory service, and he threw himself into battle until he fell in battle near Hirbat Zeitun in the Gaza area on 26 June 1967, the first day of the battles, The fire, which was fired from the enemy’s position, was buried at the military cemetery in Bari and later moved to eternal rest in the Ashdod cemetery, where the parents lived.