Service Details
Name:
 SOLOMON
Given Name:
 HOWARD HAIM
Initials:
 H H
Trade:
 Paratrooper
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Israeli Defence Forces
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Unit:
 Infantry
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Date of Death:
 1977-05-10
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Date of Birth:
 1958-08-10
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Died in helicopter accident, an Israeli Air Force Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur helicopter crashed during an exercise in the Jordan Valley, killing all 54 on board (including the 10-member flight crew). The disaster became known as Ason Hanun-dalet, or "Disaster of the 54"
Additional
Information:
Son of Sylvia and Julius Solomon. Born in Cape Town. Immigrated 1961. See http://www.izkor.gov.il/izkor86.asp?t=97379
Commemoration
Country:
 Israel
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Locality:
 Centre
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Cemetery:
 HERZLIYA (MILITARY) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Block 2 Row 1 Grave 3

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