A Jäger, Aufklärungs Kompanie, SS Gebirgsjäger Regiment 2, 7. SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen", he died at Vrbica, Montenegro. Born in Homolitz [Omoljica, Pančevo Municipality, South Banat District (Južnobanatski okrug), Vojvodina, Serbia].