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| Pfc. James Starr served with these men from Company I, 276th Infantry Regiment. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124833733/james-h-starr http://www.trailblazersww2.org/photos_123.htm |
James H. Starr never had a chance to reach 100 years old today. Instead, he sacrificed his life for our freedom.
He was born on March 16, 1918 in Pennsylvania. His parents Charles and Mary were also both born in Pennsylvania. His father worked as a coal miner and was later a mine owner. James had two older brothers. It appears his mother died in the 1930's. By 1940 James had completed four years of high school and was working as a miner with his father in Colorado.
He enlisted in the army through the Pennsylvania National Guard on February 24, 1941. He was single at the time but he married his wife Ruby at some point after that. He became a private first class in Company I, 3rd Battalion, 276th Infantry Regiment, 70th Infantry Division (nicknamed "Trailblazers"). The 70th ID arrived in Marseille, France in mid-December 1944. It was on the line on the west bank of the Rhine to oppose the German Operation Nordwind by early January 1945.
On February 17, the 70th ID went on the offense south of the Saar. It was engaged in house to house fighting in Forbash, Germany on February 22. Reports said casualties were astounding. One of the men killed that day was Pfc. Starr.
His grave is at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee. His widow never remarried. She died in 1983 and now buried next to James.
Last year on this date I profiled B-25 airman James Benjamin. You can read about James here.
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