CURTIS OWEN STARRY

Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 55-E: 23
Department: Viroqua, Wisconsin, P.D.
End of Watch: March 13, 1953
Cause: AUTO
Age: 30
Years of Service: 3
Description: Officer Starry and an explorer ride-along were responding to an emergency call when the squad car was struck from behind by a semi-truck. Both vehicles burst into flames. It took the emergency workers two hours fighting the blaze before the bodies were recovered. Officer Starry, the explorer and the truck driver were all killed in this incident.
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