Veterans' Memorial Project

Charles Leslie Starkel
Belleville, IL

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World War I

Years Attended: 1917
College: Commerce & Business Administration
Service branch: Army
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Date of Birth: 8/6/1897
Date of Death: 10/20/1917

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Lt. Starkel died at Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois, of pneumonia. He was commissioned a Lieutenant at Fort Sheridan, but when it closed he transferred to Camp Grant. He was a member of Co. L, 342nd Infantry, and prior to his University and Ft. Sheridan training had attended the Western military academy at Alton, Illinois.

-taken from Illinois Alumni News, November 1, 1917