The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Joseph John Solem
Rank
Master Sergeant, U.S. Army
Unit
HQ BTRY 82 AAA AW BN 2 DIV
Date of Death
August 15, 1951
Master Sergeant Solem was a member of Headquarters Battery, 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Kunu-ri, North Korea on December 1, 1950 and died of pellagra at Camp #1, North Korea on August 15, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.