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Personal info

Full name
STARKEY, Ralph
Date of birth
21 December 1913
Age
30
Place of birth
Ridgely, Caroline County, Maryland
Hometown
Centreville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33900066
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Amance, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 29 67

Immediate family

Members
Louis Starkey (father)
Florence Starkey (mother)
Edgar Starkey (brother)
Lillian Starkey (sister)
Edith (Morris) Starkey (wife)
Ralph Starkey Jr. (son)
Vivian Starkey (daughter)
Barbara Starkey (daughter)
Robert L. Starkey (son)

More information

Pvt Ralph Starkey worked on a farm before he enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 22 November 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

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 / Starkey Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Thomas Welsch, www.ancestry.com - Teresa G. Oliver Ruppert