Career
Soderman joined the Army from his birth city of West Haven, Connecticut in August 1943, and by December 17, 1944 was serving as a private first class in Company K, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. On that day, near Rocherath, Belgium, Soderman used his bazooka to single-handedly disable three German tanks and attack an infantry platoon. Soderman left the Army while still a private first class.
He was proud of a long career working at the Virginia hospital in West Haven.
He died at age 68 and was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in his hometown of West Haven, Connecticut.