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Personal info

Full name
STARR, John Mccorkle Jr
Date of birth
4 February 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Hometown
Washington, District of Columbia

Military service

Service number
33196263
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bavigne, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 1 31

Immediate family

Members
John M. Starr Sr. (father)
Adazetta C. (MacGowan) Starr (mother)

More information

Sgt John M. Starr Jr. attended Public School and Jamaica High School for four years and was employed by the British Air Commission in Washington as a statistical clerk and compiler before he enlisted at Fort Myer, Virginia on 31 August 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Starr Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Anonymous, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Silvano Theunissen / Anonymous