Son of Rachel and Rafael, was born in 1918 in Jerusalem. During the War of Independence, he fell in a battle in the Ramat Rachel area on the 19th of Tishrei 5709 (October 22, 1948) and was buried in the temporary cemetery in Sheikh Bader in Jerusalem. On the 17th of Elul 5710 (August 30, 1950) he was transferred to the eternal rest of the military cemetery at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.