Son of Yehuda and Amalia. He was born in 1941 in Libya, immigrated to Israel in 1949 and studied at the Saadia Gaon Or Yehuda School, where he worked as a glazier and in May 1962 he was drafted into the IDF. On the 16th of Tishrei 5724 (October 16, 1963) he fell while fulfilling his duties and was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul.