Son of-Avraham-Zvi and Chana. He was born on September 2, 1926, in the city of Vilna, Poland. He emigrated to Israel in 1936. He was drafted into the IDF in April 1948 and served in the permanent army as a lieutenant on April 5, 1953. He died and was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul.