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Yagen (Mizrahi), Meir

Yagen (Mizrahi), Meir


Son of Rachel and Eliahu was born on May 17, 1929, in Jerusalem. He joined the underground, took part in its activities and was one of its best and most devoted members, and when the campaign began in Israel after the decision of the assembly The United Nations, on 29 November 1947, distributed the land, volunteered for full service and was annexed to the Moriah battalion. On Tuesday, June 10, 1948, when he came home to visit his family, he was hit by an enemy shell and fell. He was buried in Sheikh Bader A. In the last moments of his life he comforted his mother by saying that he had fallen for the homeland. (10.9.1950), was transferred to the eternal rest of the military cemetery at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.

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