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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   Related Stories • Jeffrey B. Starr   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Saturday, June 4, 2005 Snohomish Marine's memorial service set Herald staff SNOHOMISH - Memorial services for Marine Corps Cpl. Jeffrey Brian Starr of Snohomish will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Snohomish High School gym, 1316 Fifth St. Starr, 22, was three weeks away from finishing his third tour of duty in Iraq when he was killed Memorial Day by small-arms fire in combat near Ramadi, Iraq. A section leader in charge of 12 Marines, Starr was an assaultman assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif. He was born May 25, 1983, in Pasadena, Calif., and graduated from Snohomish High School in 2001. He spent one year in the school's Junior ROTC program. Starr enjoyed children and worked in his church nursery during his senior year of high school, and spent one week of his first Marine leave as a camp counselor. Starr entered the Marines in 2001. After graduating from boot camp, he was assigned to "Bravo 1/5," the most highly decorated battalion in the Marines. Starr himself has been awarded a Purple Heart. His first deployment was to Kuwait in 2003. His battalion was the first to cross into Iraq at the start of the war. For five weeks, his unit fought its way north to Baghdad, earning a Presidential Unit Citation. Starr returned to Camp Pendleton in 2003 before going back to Iraq in March 2004. He returned to Camp Pendleton in July 2004, and his battalion was deployed to Ramadi in February. Starr was planning on getting out of the Marines at the end of his enlistment and had enrolled in classes at Everett Community College, planning to study psychology. He was due home at the end of this month, said his father, Brian Starr. He went into the military thinking it would be good training for a career in law enforcement, his father said. Starr is survived by parents, Brian and Shellie Starr, and sisters Hillary, 24, and Emily, 16. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Operation Home Front to assist military families, or the First Presbyterian Church of Snohomish Permanent Scholarship Fund for students entering college. Starr is the fourth service member from Snohomish County to die in Iraq. The others are Justin W. Hebert, 20, of Silvana; Cody Calavan, 19, of Lake Stevens; and Steven A. Rintamaki, 21, of Lynnwood. Mariner High School graduate Todd Drobnick, 35, a contractor, also was killed in Iraq.

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