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Dov Ram

Dov Ram was an Israeli Navy officer who headed the Navy's Personnel Division with the rank of brigadier general until 1983.

1935 to 2012Heading the Navy Personnel DivisionService in Shayetet 13Commanding the Ashdod naval base

Born: 28 May 1935, Hungary
Died: 24 September 2012
Occupation: military officer
Rank: tat aluf
Wars: Yom Kippur War, Suez Crisis, Six-Day War, War of Attrition

Dov Ram was born in 1935 in Hungary

Dov Ram was born in Hungary in 1935 as Dov-Robert Hoch. His father was murdered in the Holocaust, and in 1945 his mother Esther married Shlomo Weiser. In 1949 Dov and his sister Rachel escaped from Hungary to Israel, and the rest of the family joined them in 1956.

He grew up on Kibbutz Ginegar and finished high school. He joined the IDF in 1952.

In 1954 he volunteered for Shayetet 13, and he qualified as a naval officer in 1957. He held command and training posts in the naval commando until 1966 and later headed the operations branch at Navy headquarters. He also commanded the training corvette INS Noga.

From August 1971 to March 1973 he commanded the Ashdod base. He later headed the Personnel Division at Navy headquarters as a brigadier general and retired in August 1983. He died in 2012 and was buried in Kfar Saba, leaving a wife and 6 children.

Dov Ram's life in 8 milestones

1935
Born in Hungary.
1949
Escaped from Hungary to Israel with his sister.
1952
Joined the IDF.
1954
Volunteered for Shayetet 13.
1957
Qualified as a naval officer and became a platoon commander in Shayetet 13.
1971
Became commander of the Ashdod base.
1983
Retired as head of the Navy Personnel Division.
2012
Died.

Dov Ram served in Shayetet 13

He served in Shayetet 13 from 1954, was its operations officer as a major from 1962 to 1965, and later headed Navy operations during the War of Attrition. He retired in 1983 as a brigadier general heading the Navy Personnel Division.

Shayetet 13