Russell Raff Stark was born Sept. 8, 1918 to Alonzo Linton and Anna E. Coyle Stark. He died July 10, 1943 and was buried in the Paestum Military Cemetery in Italy and later was interred at the Evergreen Cemetery in Clarion, IA.
Petty Officer Stark served with the U.S. Navy in World War II and was KIA while serving aboard an LST in the invasion of Sicily.
Sources: “Ordinary Heroes”, by Judge Newt Draheim, Chapter 43; ancestry.com
