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Press Release | April 14, 2025

Soldier Accounted For From Korean War (Solomon, L.)

WASHINGTON  –  

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Leslie H. Solomon, 29, killed in action during the Korean War, was accounted for April 1, 2025.

In December 1950, Solomon was assigned to Headquarters and Battery D, 15th Anti-Aircraft Artillery, Automatic Weapons Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. He was reported missing in action on Dec. 2 when his convoy was ambushed by enemy forces while in route to the vicinity of Hagaru-ri near the Jangjin (Chosin) Reservoir, Republic of Korea. The U.S. Army issued a presumptive finding of death on Dec. 31, 1953, and on Jan. 6, 1956, he was declared non-recoverable.

This is an initial release. The complete accounting of Solomon's case will be published once the family receives their full briefing.

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