Yungbach, Louis-Alberto (Aryeh)

Lewis, son of Clara and Avraham, was born on 9.10.1953 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he received a warm Jewish culture, was sent to a Jewish school and studied there until he was ten years old. In 1963 the family immigrated to Israel and lived in poverty and distress in Kiryat Ono, where he completed his studies at the Moshe Sharett elementary school and immediately joined the family. And helped him in his place of work until he was drafted into the IDF. All the while he worked willingly, out of a sense of true duty, affection and loyalty to his parents and brother and sister. A lot of friends were to Alberto in his neighborhood and they all had a good friend and a loyal friend. Lewis was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in early November 1971. After basic training, he was sent to the Patton course at the Armored Corps School and graduated with a high grade, and he was very diligent in his studies and training and his commanders saw him as a loyal soldier, Who had given him a vacation, would go to work with his father to help with the household agriculture, because the illness of both parents prevented them from giving the family all the good they wanted to give, while Lewis met his girlfriend Carmela. They married at the beginning of July 1973 and lived in Lewis ‘parents’ home. On Rosh Hashanah Lewis came home on vacation and his heart seemed to predict what was going to happen, and at his mother’s request to help her, he replied in the negative and could not explain the cause of his depression, and returned to his unit when the Yom Kippur War broke out. The first barrage of fire from the Egyptians, Lewis’ tank was hit and he was killed on October 6, 1973. He was brought to eternal rest in the cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. Survived by a wife, parents, sister and brother. After his fall, he was promoted to corporal. In his letter to the grieving family, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan wrote: “Let me share with you all the heart in your mourning the taking of the late Lewis, who gave his life for his homeland. He fell on the southern front during the Yom Kippur War on Yom Kippur, October 6, 1973. Louis served in the Armored Corps. He was an excellent soldier and a loyal friend.”