staff sergeant marian berkovitch
Marian began riding bikes at age 3 and it became a passion that did not fade with the years. Friends and neighbors talked about an energetic, friendly guy, who loved to laugh. "He was a kid who loved life…he loved challenges, traveled in faraway lands, was a scuba diving instructor in Eilat and enjoyed jeep rides," a friend said. Marian loved his reserve duty and even earned the nickname “Rambo” from those in his unit. He was killed, along with 11 other reservists, in Kfar Giladi on August 6, 2006 by a Hezbollah-fired katyusha rocket. Marian was 31 years old.