Son of Sigmund Whity. He was born in Czernowitz, Romania, on September 29, 1930. He completed seven grades in an elementary school there, and later studied in a vocational school for weaving, and immigrated to Israel in 1950. He was drafted into the IDF in January 1951. 18 Iyar 5711 (24.5.1951) and was put to rest at the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul.