Son of Yehuda and Rivka. He was born in 1933 in Jerusalem after graduating from the elementary school of Kol Israel Haverim in the Holy City, where he attended the Petah Tikva High School and was drafted into the IDF in October 1951. In the course of his duties, On March 14, 1952, he fell and was put to rest at the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul. His brother David also fell while serving in the IDF.