Yudkovitz, Shalom-Yitzhak

Shalom-Yitzhak, son of Shoshana and Moshe, who immigrated to Israel in 1936 – the only survivors of their extended families who perished in the Holocaust – was born on April 2, 1952, in Tel Aviv. he enlisted in the IDF in early February 1971 and was assigned to the Artillery Corps. He rejected a proposal to serve close to home when he wanted to serve in a combat unit. After completing basic training, he was offered a training course in one of the bases in central Israel, but he also rejected this proposal, and Shalom was an excellent observation officer, responsible for the training of officers and officers. His commanders wrote about him in his opinion: “Shalom Yitzhak is an officer who has a strong desire to succeed, and he invests great efforts in this. He willingly accepts every task he is assigned and fulfills diligently and perseverantly. “His officer friend testified that” one of his qualities he liked about his friends was his ability to observe every phenomenon in a humorous way. His commanders gave him the “Operational Service Award.” He served as a soldier and as an officer in the Golan Heights – the level that he attached to him with all his soul and in which he hoped to build his home when he was released from compulsory service , With the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War at the Air Force base somewhere in the role of an observation officer – a position he occasionally filled in rotation with other officers on the 11th of Tishrei, 5747 (October 11, 1973) while on an aerial tour of the region He was decorated with the medal and the story of the battle: “On October 11, 1973, the late Lieutenant Shalom Yudkovitch participated as an officer When they were deployed in the Golan Heights, during which they had to take risks above and beyond the limitations dictated by the orders, in order to carry out the mission in its entirety.The front line was hit by a missile. The plane was destroyed and Lieutenant Yudkovitch was killed, and the late Lieutenant Shalom Yudkovitz discovered courage and devotion to the exemplary mission. “On the plane, a pilot and two airmen were found shot down over an area occupied by the Syrians. He was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul and left behind a father, a mother and a sister, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.