He was killed in action in a Portuguese helicopter attack in 1968.
President Reagan today defended the helicopter attack, saying, "What we did was authorized by law."
The Israeli military declined to comment on the helicopter attack.
Much about the helicopter attack remained unknown late Tuesday.
American officers have declined to say whether the bombings killed Iraqis thought to be responsible for the helicopter attacks.
The helicopter attack, the official said, "was part of a continuum."
He led the then-biggest helicopter attack of the war in February 1965.
But Israel said both helicopter attacks were in direct response to Palestinian violence.
The helicopter attack, the murder of the UN observers, all that was done by a special unit.
The humans temporarily stopped the helicopter attacks while they were evaluating our ultimatum.