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Shmuel Levi

Shmuel Levi was an IDF soldier in the Combat Engineering Corps who was killed near the Israel-Syria border in 1965 and was awarded the Medal of Courage.

1946 to 1965Medal of Courage recipientDeath on the Syrian border, 1965

Died: 16 March 1965, Korazim Plateau
Occupation: soldier
Rank: Private

Shmuel Levi was born in 1946 in Meknes

Shmuel Levi was born in Meknes, Morocco, the youngest of 4 sons. He immigrated to Israel as a child. He attended the Habonim elementary school in Kiryat Bialik, was active in the Working Youth movement and trained as a metalworker.

He was drafted early into the IDF in 1963 and served in the Combat Engineering Corps. On March 16, 1965, he was sent to plow land with a tractor at Ramat Korazim, near the Syrian border, an area where Syrian forces had been firing at Israeli workers.

A recoilless gun shell fired from Syrian positions hit his tractor. He was pulled from the burning tractor badly wounded and later died of his wounds. A battle followed until evening, and 4 more IDF soldiers were wounded.

He was buried in the military cemetery in Haifa. Chief of Staff Yitzhak Rabin gave him a posthumous commendation, which was converted to the Medal of Courage in 1973. His name appears on several memorials, including the Combat Engineering Corps memorial near Hulda Junction.

Shmuel Levi's life in 4 milestones

1946
Born in Meknes, Morocco.
1963
Drafted early into the IDF and posted to the Combat Engineering Corps.
1965
Killed by Syrian fire while plowing at Ramat Korazim.
1973
His posthumous commendation was converted to the Medal of Courage.

Shmuel Levi served in Combat Engineering Corps

Levi was drafted early in 1963 and served in the Combat Engineering Corps. He was killed on March 16, 1965, when Syrian forces shelled the tractor he was operating near the border.

Combat Engineering Corps