Ofer, son of Shlomo and Avigail Maman, was born in 1944 in Casablanca, Morocco. In his youth he immigrated to Israel as part of Youth Aliyah. He was drafted into the IDF and served in the navy. On the 6th of Kislev (30.11.1965), he fell while fulfilling his duties and was brought to eternal rest in the civilian cemetery in Dimona.