Allegiance Israel Battles/wars War of Independence Rank Private first class | Name Ben-Zion Leitner Died 2012 | |
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Awards Medal of Valor
Hero of Israel | ||
Battles and wars 1948 Arab–Israeli War Service/branch Israel Defense Forces | ||
Ben-Zion Leitner (c. 1927 – March 25, 2012) was an Israeli soldier, who received the nation's highest military decoration, the Hero of Israel citation (now the Medal of Valor), for heroism during the War of Independence.
He led an assault that resulted in the blowing up of a bunker at a police position in Iraq Suweidan which resulted in half of his face becoming paralysed. He was a native of Odessa
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