Michael L. Starr Jr.
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Age: 21
From: Baltimore
Assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Michael L. Starr Jr. was killed Jan. 26 when the CH-53E helicopter in which he was riding crashed near Rutbah, Iraq. Twenty-nine Marines and one sailor also were
Died: January 26, 2005
Marine killed in chopper crash “loved what he was doing”
Associated Press
BALTIMORE — A Baltimore Marine killed in a helicopter crash in an Iraqi sandstorm once looked forward to a career in the military.
But recently, Lance Cpl. Michael L. Starr Jr., 21, of Edgemere told his family that he hoped to transfer out of Iraq and use his four years of military experience in a career as a Baltimore police officer.
Starr was killed Wednesday, along with 30 other servicemen, in what has been described as the U.S. military’s deadliest day so far in the Iraq war. The helicopter was taking the servicemen to the Syrian border to provide security for Sunday’s elections.
“He loved what he was doing, making a difference,” Starr’s father, Michael Starr Sr., told The (Baltimore) Sun.
Starr joined the Marine Corps in May 2001, shortly after graduating from Perry Hall High School. He attended infantry school in September of...