He was interred at Lexington Cemetery on November 5, 1937. Monument A Life Size Bronze Portrait of Solomon Lee Van Meter Jr was created by artist, Amanda Matthews and unveiled in 2016 at the Aviation Museum of Kentucky and the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, KY. References 1888 births 1937 deaths United States Army personnel of World War I American people of Dutch descent People from Fayette County, Kentucky Transylvania University alumni University of Iowa alumni Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford 20th-century American inventors