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Personal info

Full name
STARR, Donald Robert
Date of birth
31 October 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Fairmont, Martin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Martin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37291340
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
3rd Battalion,
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
Kielsberg Forest, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 9 57

Immediate family

Members
Irl H. Starr (father)
Olga Starr (mother)
James W. Starr (brother)
Georgia M. (Stromberg) Starr (wife)

More information

Sgt Donald R. Starr enlisted on 13 July 1942 and was sent overseas in May 1944.

His body was discovered in an isolated grave in Kielsberg Forest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/401/401_honor_kz.html, www.findagrave.com - Jeff Hall, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930/1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Jeff Hall