Shalom, son of Shlomo and Esther Lifschitz, was born in 1941 in Tel Aviv. Shalom was modest and quiet in his manner. He enlisted before reaching enlistment age, in November 1958, and on the 4th of Iyar (May 12, 1959), he fell in the line of duty and was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul.