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Personal info

Full name
STARKE, Frederick Adolph
Date of birth
2 October 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Longmeadow, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Chicopee, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31462677
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
141st Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Haguenau Forest, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 15 23

Immediate family

Members
Albert Starke (father)
Agnes Starke (mother)
Agnes F. Starke (sister)
Arthur H. Starke (brother)
Irene D. (Guertin) Starke (wife)
Frederick A. Starke Jr. (son)
Gerald F. Starke (son)

More information

Pfc Frederick A. Starke graduated from Springfield Trade School and was employed at the Atlantic and Pacific warehouse before he enlisted at Fort Devens on 10 April 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in the head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / Guertin Tree, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux, www.newspapers.com – Transcript Telegram - 4 April 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Denise Kellam, www.newspapers.com – Transcript Telegram - 4 April 1945