Yaakov, son of Zerach and Berta Wurzel, was born in 1922 in the city of Shremshol-Mare in Rumania, and immigrated to Israel in 1947. He was a professional driver, and shortly after he joined the IDF, he fell ill and died on 21 Tamuz, (18.7.1949) and was brought to rest in the military cemetery in Nahalat Yitzhak.