Son of Frank Elmer and Lena Dora (Hoehm) Starrett; was born in Athol Mass., on July 16, 1893. He graduated from the Athol High School, from Worcester Academy, Worcester, Mass., and from Brown University. He played football and baseball at Worcester Academy; at Brown, he was manager of the track team, member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, the Camarian and Sphinx Clubs. He entered the American Ambulance Field Service, Nov. 1, 1916, and served six months in France, in Red Cross Section 5-646, which won the Croix* de Guerre. He afterward enlisted in the French Aviation Service, and was assigned to the Lafayette Escadrille. He was detained in the hospital for some time by illness so that he fell behind his class, but on his return from the hospital, he continued his training. While making the first lap of the triangle from Tours to Pontleroy, which was part'of the trial test, suddenly the plane peeked over and dived for the earth about two kilometers from the hangars, never redressing. Starrett died instantly.