Pinchas, son of Eliyahu and Yocheved Taharani, was born on May 31, 1931 in Jerusalem. He completed his studies in an elementary school and then studied the plumbing profession and worked there. He was drafted into the IDF in September 1948. He fell in battle around Jerusalem on the 16th of Sivan 5761 (20.6.1951) and was put to rest at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem.