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• AKNIN, Maurice - Etzioni Brigade. Killed near Mandelbaum Gate
• ALTMAN, John
• AMAR, Yaish - ALEXANDRONI BRIGADE – Killed in action near Hadera
• AMIR (LANDSHUT), Mike – Field Artillery Troop Commander
• ANDREWS, Stanley
• ARONOFF, Murray
• ASMAN, Carl Rolfe - HAGANAH. 82nd Tank Battalion – Fell in the clash at Yehudyia
• ASSOUID, Michel Victor
• AUGARTEN, Rudy
• BALCHA, Menashe
• BALER, George – Palmach 9th Battalion. Desert Brigade
• BALL, Louis (Smargad)
• BALKIN, Philip (Phil Feibel) - 89TH COMMANDO BATTALION – Fell in the attack on Auja-el-Hafir (Nitzana)
• BALTER, Jonathan - 72nd Infantry Battalion. Killed stepping on a mine
• BANK, Harry (Danish Vessel Bennyskou)
• BARON, David (Wiseberg, Baron/Ben-Zvi, Dov)
• BASKIN, Sol (Artist and Machalnik)
• BASKIN, Sol ("C" Company)
• BAUM, David (Dave)
• BEN BARUCH, Menachem (Polgar Tiber)
• BEN-AMI, Israel (Blecher, Solly)
• BENEDICT, Audrey
• BENEDICT, Audrey and ROUX, Marie
• BERESTICKI, Victor
• BERNSTEIN, Leonard
• BERNSTEIN, William (Bill) – 2nd officer on “Exodus”. Clubbed to death by British boarding party
• BEURLING, George (Buzz) *
• BEYRACK, Sylvia
• BLOCH, Leslie
• BORNSTEIN, Leo
• BORNSTEIN, Shlomo (Solly) - 72nd Infantry Battalion. Killed in action
• BOTTGER, Milton (Ben-Yok, Butch)
• BOWDEN, Derek
• BOYD, Andrew Spencer *
• BRECKER, Michael
• BURROWS, John (AKA DAWSON, Johnny) - British Army deserter, joined the Palmach
• CALIC, Yitzhak - ALIYAH BET - Sailor on board the “SS Calanit.”
• CAILINGOLD, Esther
• CANTER, Wilfred (Zeev) - IAF Pilot. Killed when his Dakota C-47 exploded
• CARRUTHERS, Margaret *
• CASHMAN, Natanel
• CHAIT, Max
• CHAPNICK, Allan (Alex) – 4th Antitank Troop. Took part in “Operation Horev”
• COHEN, Albert (Melville) *
• COHEN, Avraham Abba (Harvey)
• COHEN, Edward (Shlomo) – IAF Pilot downed by Egyptian fire
• COHEN, Jack
• COHEN, Joshua - Doctor aboard "Exodus '47" Jerusalem Post article July 9, 2010
• COHEN, Mendel
• COHEN, Yehuda - 7TH Brigade. Killed in Operation “Ben-Nun Bet” at Latrun
• COSSMAN, Howard
• CUBURNEK, Jules
• DAHAN, Meir – Alexandroni Brigade. Killed at Iraq-el-Manshiya
• DALESKI, Hillel
• DAKS, Shmuel (Fritz) - 72ND INFANTRY BATTALION. Killed in Operation “Hiram”
• DE LANGE, David – Navy. Commanding Officer of small flotilla. Operations officer HQ
• DIAMOND, Chana
• DODGE, Raymond *
• DREYFUS, Edgar - French Commando. Killed in Operation “Horev”
• EDMONDSON, William
• ELWING, Leif Nils *
• EITAN, Teddy (DIFFRE, Thadee)* – IDF. Established and commanded French Commandos
• FAINMAN, Leslie (Locky)
• FAJERMAN, Bernard
• FAJERMAN, Maurice
• FERNOVIK, Henri – Etzioni Brigade. Killed on the road to Jerusalem
• FIRTH (FERSHT), Sidney – Haganah, army training unit
• FISHBEIN, Joseph – Givati Brigade. Killed in battle during an Egyptian counter attack
• FISHER, William – IAF navigator. Killed when his plane caught fire and crashed near Ekron
• FITCHETT, Leonard *
• FLATO, Edouard (Moshe) - Givati Brigade. Killed in the capture of Hills 113 and 110 near Kibbutz Negba
• FRANSES, Jack
• FREEDMAN, Gita
• FREIMAN, Sam - 72nd Battalion Infantry unit
• FRIED, Aaron – Givati Brigade. Killed in Operation “Maccabi”
• FRIEDLER, Ya'acov
• GANOR, Solly
• GEBERER, Moshe - HAGANAH - Killed by sniper during capture of Jerusalem railway station
• GELLER, Avraham – Palmach. Killed by Egyptians at his post defending Negev kibbutzim
• GERSON, William Guy - Pilot. Killed on take-off after refueling in Mexico City
• GITLIN, Gershon
• Givati Brigade - 51st Battalion
• GLUZMAN, Hans - Harel Brigade. Killed in battle at Dir-Ibn near Jerusalem
• GOLDBERG, Arthur – Artillery and Antitank Troop
• GOLDBERG, Max And Hilde - Golani Brigade, 14th Battalion Doctor-And-Nurse Team
• GOLDBLAT, Dan
• GOLDES, Abe (about Radar)
• GOLDIN, Alexandre (Alexis) - Hanegev Brigade - French Commandos
• GOLDMAN, Ruth – Nurse. In charge of the infirmary at Ramat David Air Force Base
• GOLDSTEIN, Hyman
• GORDON, Mary
• GOULD, Albert
• GRAHAM, Sidney
• GREEN, Monty
• GRUENBLATT, Moshe - Etzioni Brigrade – Killed defending Arnona position, Jerusalem
• GUINESIN, Jacobo - Kibbutz Negba sapper – Killed by a mine defending the kibbutz
• HACK, Louis - 72nd Infantry Battalion. Killed in raid on Arab Liberation Army HQ
• HALIMI, Mordechai - Palmach Hanegev - French Commando. Killed in ”Operation Horev”
• HAZOUI (AZOUI/CHAZOUI), JACQUES (YAAKOV) Palmach - Killed defending Ramat Rachel
• HELLMAN, Michael
• HIRSCHBERG, Benjamin Zeev - 72nd BATTALION - Killed during clash in Western Galilee
• HOLTON, Oliver Garfield *
• ISSEROW, Eli
• JOFFE, Bat-Ami
• JACTEL, Guy *
• KAHN, Joseph - ETZEL - Killed during Etzel and Palmach attempt to recapture the Old City.
• KAHN, Max – IAF Air Transport Command Flight Engineer and Pilot
• KAPLAN, Jerome (Yehuda) - Givati Brigade – Fell in the battle for Latrun.
• KAPLAN, Lionel (Kappy)
• KAPLANSKY, Eddy
• KATES, Harold
• KATTENBERG, Martin Louis
• KATZ, Bill
• KATZENELLENBOGEN, Elliott
• KATZENSTEIN, Hans - ARMY - Fell in his first battle defending the most advanced post on Tel-Azaziat
• KESSLER, Gloria - Medical Corps Nurse Anesthetist, 10th Military Hospital, Haifa
• KING, Elihu
• KING, Ernest (Edward) *
• KLEIN, Jack (Yaakov) - Killed while laying mines to protect Kibbutz Kfar Menachem
• KRAUS, Frantisek
• KROCH, ERNST (YACOV) - Haganah and kibbutznik. Fell in final battle against Egyptian Army
• KURTZ, Ray
• LANDOW, Joe
• LANESMAN, Ralph – 505 Squadron Radar
• LAURIE, Louis
• LEISURE (LEIZER),Sidney (Shaul Chaim) – 72nd Infantry Battalion. Killed in Western Galilee
• LENART, Lou – IAF Fighter Pilot, 101 Squadron and Ferry Norseman
• LEORE, Rena
• LEVI, Daniel
• LEVITT, Gordon
• LEVETT, Gordon
• LEVINE, Abe
• LEVY, Alvin (Avraham) – Flight engineer killed when seaplane crashed into Galilee sea
• LEVY, Marc Nathan PALMACH – Killed when his jeep blew up on a land mine
• LIGHTMAN, Jerome Leon (Yehuda-Arye) - IAF radio operator - Killed in plane crash
• LINSKY, Baruch – Aliyah Bet, Haganah. Served on the "Haim Arlosoroff." Killed at Hulda
• LIPSHITZ, Zvi (Harry) – Member of Kfar Etzion – Killed when the Etzion Bloc fell
• LIVINGSTON, David Guenther - Interned in Cyprus. Later, Killed defending Mishmar Ha’emek
• LIVNEY, Avi - Ship’s purser-pharmacist aboard “Exodus ’47”
• LOWENSTEIN, Ralph
• LUGECH, Avraham (Edward, Ed) – Palmach,Yiftach Brigade. Killed defending Malkiya
• MALKIN, Aryeh (Leon)
• MALOUL, Yacov
• MAMAN, Maklouf - Alexandroni Brigade. Killed in the line of duty
• MANDELZWEIG, Gordon – 72nd Infantry Battalion, Sergeant of the sapper platoon
• MANN, Maurice
• MARCUS, David (Mickey)
• MARCUS, Leslie (Rescue in Broad Daylight)
• MARGOLIUS, Bully and Lily
• MARGOLIUS, Lily, and BLOCH, June
• MEDALIE, Jack
• Medical Corps - Personal Stories
• MEDICKS, Stanley
• MENACHE, Rica
• MEYERSON, Barney
• MILLER, Ernst Yacov- KIBBUTZ NEGBA – Among first group from Latin America
• MILLER, Harvey – Navy. Radar Operator
• MIRVIS, Jack
• MITRANI, David
• MIZRACHI, Aharon - Givati Brigade. Fell in battle against Egyptians
• MORLEY-DAHAN, Solomon – Medical Corps. Killed attending wounded during “Operation Hiram”
• MORRIS, Isaiah
• MOSTER, RALPH - Palmach Yifatch Brigade. IAF Pilot. Killed checking-out new seaplane
• MOYAL, Albert Avraham - Alexandroni Brigade - Killed in battle of Iraq el-Manshiya

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