אלבז Elbaz, Nathan

Birth Name אלבז Elbaz, Nathan
Birth Name אלבז, נתן
Call Name נתן
Gender male
Age at Death 21 years, 3 months, 25 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth October 17, 1932    

 
Aliyah 1949    

 
Boat 1949   Nathan Elbaz left his family to emigrate to Israel with Aliyat haNoar עליית הנוער

 
Military Service 1952   Nathan Elbaz was inducted, and served in the Infantry Corps

 
Death February 11, 1954    

Event Note

While disassembling hand grenades, one was accidentally activated, and Nathan Elbaz immediately called on his friends to take shelter, and seeing that there was no way to throw the grenade without endangering them, he ran away from them, pressing it to his chest and was killed.
Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan, awarded Nathan Elbaz a posthumous citation, which was later replaced with the Medal of Distinguished Service DSO עיטור המופת.

 

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