Son of Yitzhak (Jacques) and Sultana. He was born on March 10, 1934, in the city of Burgas, Bulgaria, where he studied in an elementary school in his hometown and immigrated to Israel in 1948. He was drafted into the IDF in January 1953. He fell during his duties on the first of Nissan, (4.4.1954) and was brought to rest at the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul.