Name: William James Starkey

 

Service number: 37583688

 

Born: 1922, Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota

 

Hometown: Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota

 

Family

 

James H. Starkey (father)

Nora Priebe (mother)

Mary Frances Starkey (sister)

Joan Starkey (sister)

Irene Fallon (wife)

Margaret Ann Starkey(daughter)

Catherine Irene Starkey (daughter)

 

 

Rank: Private First Class

 

Division: 28th Infantry Division

 

Regiment: 110th Infantry Regiment

 

Enlistment: 

 

Status: KIA

 

Date of death: 7 Febrary 1945

 

Awards: /

 

Grave Number: Plot B Row 28 Grave 21

 

Cemetery: American War Cemetery Ardennes

 

Other information:  William graduated in 1940 from Rochester High School where he was a member of the social science club, the chess club and publications committee. He was elected to the Junior Honor Society while in ninth grade. He was employed by the Rochester News agency until he entered service in 1943. He followed basic training in Fort McClellan after which he was transferred to Camp Shelby, Miss. He went overseas to England in June or July 1944. William saw action in France, Belgium and Germany before being captured by the Germans in Luxembourg, December 1944. He died of pneumonia in Stalag 2A Neubrandenburg Mecklenberg 53-13, a German POW-Camp.