Sheynkman Yosif (Yoska) (27.10.1919, Riga – died 11.06.1948) ― participant in the military operations in Palestine. On 1 May 1921 he moved to Palestine and finished school.
He joined the “Shelev” cooperative and joined the ranks of the Haganah.
In 1940 he was mobilised into the British Army, serving in a transport battalion in Syria. He took part in the illegal transport of immigrants and weapons across the northern border.
On 11 June 1948 he was mortally wounded in heavy fighting with the Syrians. He died of his wounds, was buried in the hospital garden, and was only reburied on Mount Herzl military cemetery on 18 January 1951.

Source: website of the Israeli Ministry of Defence in memory of the fallen.