Son of Asya and Jacob. He was born on October 30, 1978 in Kiryat Ono. Dan enlisted in the IDF on July 29, 1997. Dan was assigned to the Combat Engineering Corps and served in Battalion 605. On February 22, 1998, he fell in the line of duty, and he was nineteen years old. He was buried in the military cemetery in Holon and left parents and two brothers.