Son of Haim Hacohen and Gertrude. He was born on September 29, 1929 in the city of Osig in Czechoslovakia. He immigrated to Israel in 1949. He was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in April of that year and served in the Israel Air Force, and fell during his duty on the 17th of Av 5761 (19.8.1951) and was brought to eternal rest in the military cemetery in Haifa.