courtesy of 'Janine']
Grave marker of John G. Starcevich in Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Farmington (Fulton county), Illinois.
John enlisted in the Army at Indianapolis,
IN on 16 January 1943.
On 29 October 1943, Pvt Starcevich was
transferred from the Parachute School, Fort Benning, GA to Company D, 508th
PIR.
Pvt Starcevich was appointed to the grade
of Pfc on 29 February 1944 and then to T/5 on 1 August 1944.
On 17 September 1944, T/5 Starcevich was
wounded while in an aircraft heading for Drop Zone "T' in Holland.
Fellow stick-member, Frank Staples, said: "Starcevich was standing right
beside me. He got his two fingers and thumb shot off in the plane. He didn’t
jump."
Upon returning to England, John was
transferred to the 348thth Station Hospital. Still hospitalized, T/5
Starcevich was transferred to the hospital's Detachment of Patients on 18
December 1944.
He was discharged from the Army on 19
January 1945. |