Yehuda, son of Dov and Malka Brinker, was born in 1930 in Lvov, Poland. The family immigrated to Israel in 1950. He was drafted into the IDF in January 1951, a few months after his arrival in Israel, and later became a regular army soldier. Yehuda died on 29 Iyar, 9 May 1966 and was buried at the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery. He left a wife and two children.