Solomon, son of Ephraim and Sarah Patron, was born on July 18, 1940 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. When Shlomo was nine years old, his family immigrated to Israel. On the 6th of Tammuz (July 14, 1967) he fell in the line of duty when he was in command of a mine. He left a wife and child about eight months old. He was laid to rest at the military cemetery in Kiryat Shaul.