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Recipients of the decoration Medal of Valor

Note: The first 12 soldiers below also received the decoration "Hero of Israel".

Medal of Valor Yair Racheli Emmanuel Landau Abraham Avigdorov Zerubavel Horowitz
  Yair Racheli Emmanuel Landau* Abraham Avigdorov Zerubavel Horowitz*
Place of Action: Shefaram area Kiryat Motzkin Kiryat Motzkin Road to Jerusalem
Date of Action: 19.01.1948 17.03.1948 17.03.1948 27.03.1948
Awarded: April 1973 April 1973 April 1973 April 1973
         
  Yizhar Armoni Emil Brig Zvi Zibel Ben-Zion Leitner
  Yizhar Armoni* Emil Brig Zvi Zibel* Ben-Zion Leitner
Place of Action: Nabi Yusha Kibbutz Gesher area Flight to Ben Shemen village Iraq Suedan, Israel
Date of Action: 20.04.1948 14.05.1948 25.06.1948 19.10.1948
Awarded: April 1973 April 1973 April 1973 April 1973
         
  Ron Feller Yohai Bin-Nun Siman-Tov Ganeh Arieh Atzmoni
  Ron Feller Yohai Bin-Nun Siman-Tov Ganeh Arieh Atzmoni
Place of Action: Kartiya, Israel Mediterranean Sea village Iraq Suedan, Israel Rafiah, Egypt
Date of Action: 19.07.1948 22.10.1948 19.01.1948 Rafiah, Egypt
Awarded: April 1973 April 1973 April 1973 April 1973
         
  Amihai Ayalon Oded Amir Uzi Bar-Zur Natanel Horovitz
  Amihai Ayalon Oded Amir* Uzi Bar-Zur Natanel Horovitz
Place of Action: Green Island, Egypt Port Said harbor, Egypt Sinai desert, Egypt Golan heights
Date of Action: 19-20.07.1967 October 1973 Sinai Campaign, 1956 09.06.1967
Awarded: April 1973 May 1975 April 1973 April 1973
         
  Gideon Giladi Zvi Gringold Moshe Drimmer Daniel Wordon
  Gideon Giladi* Zvi Gringold Moshe Drimmer* Daniel Wordon*
Place of Action: Egypt Golan heights Tel Fachar,Golan heights EL Arish, Egypt
Date of Action: 15.10.1973 06.10.1973 09.06.1967 07.06.1967
Awarded: May 1975 May 1975 April 1973 April 1973
         
  Uri Weisler Shaul Vardi Dan Ziv Moshe Tal
  Uri Weisler* Shaul Vardi Dan Ziv Moshe Tal*
Place of Action: Rafiah, Egypt Golan heights Sinai desert, Egypt Gaza area
Date of Action: 05.06.1967 09.06.1967 01.11.1956 05.06.1967
Awarded: April 1973 April 1973 April 1973 April 1973
  Moshe Levi Yosef Leffer Yacov Mizrachi Eitan Neveh
  Moshe Levi Yosef Leffer Yacov Mizrachi Eitan Neveh
Place of Action: Sinai desert, Egypt Khan Younis, Gaza Sinai desert, Egypt Jerusalem
Date of Action: 15.10.1973 05.06.1967 28.10.1955 06.06.1967
Awarded: May 1975 April 1973 April 1973 April 1973
  Pinchas Noy Shlomo Nitzani Yuval Neria Zvi Ofer
  Pinchas Noy Shlomo Nitzani Yuval Neria Zvi Ofer*
Place of Action: Kalkiliya, West Bank Sinai desert, Egypt Sinai desert, Egypt Syria
Date of Action: 10.10.1956 Sinai Campaign, 1956 6 - 18.10.1973 16 - 17.03.1962
Awarded: April 1973 April 1973 May 1975 April 1973
  Beni Inbar Shlomo Arman Mordechai Friedman Asa Kadmoni
  Beni Inbar* Shlomo Arman* Mordechai Friedman* Asa Kadmoni
Place of Action: Sinai desert, Egypt Sinai desert, Egypt Jerusalem Sinai desert, Egypt
Date of Action: 05.06.1967 06-08.10.1973 06.06.1967 17.10.1973
Awarded: April 1973 May 1975 April 1973 May 1975
  Yehuda Ken-Dror Gad Refen (Rafan) Avigdor Kahalani David Shirazi
  Yehuda Ken-Dror Gad Refen (Rafan) Avigdor Kahalani David Shirazi
Place of Action: Sinai desert, Egypt West Bank Golan heights Tel Fachar,Golan heights
Date of Action: 01.11.1956 06.06.1967 09.10.1973 09.06.1967
Awarded: April 1973 April 1973 May 1975 April 1973
         

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