Skip to content
Welcome Back Home logo

Official record. No story yet.

In memory of

Elza Elwood Starr

Senior Chief Petty Officer, Navy

January 2, 1933 to July 25, 2004

  • Navy
  • 1933 to 2004
  • Korea
  • Vietnam
  • Washington

Knew this veteran? Add a photo, a video, a voice memory, or a story.

Family? Claim this page and Welcome Back Home will build Elza a memorial with a code for the marker.

Their story

Nobody has written Elza's story yet. The VA recorded a name, a service, and a grave, and that is all this page holds. One memory from somebody who knew Elza is enough to start.

Add a memory

Photos and memories

Nothing here yet. A photograph of Elza, a voice telling a story about him, or a short video all belong here more than in a box in a cupboard.

Add a photo, a recording, or a video

Service record

Branch
Navy
Rank
Senior Chief Petty Officer
Wars
Korea, Vietnam
Born
January 2, 1933
Died
July 25, 2004

Resting place

Tahoma National Cemetery

Kent, Washington

Section 7, Site 288

Open in Google Maps

Record and sources

  • Nationwide Gravesite Locator

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration

    Accessed September 24, 2026. Confirms name, date of birth, date of death, branch, rank, and cemetery. Open dataset 3u66-fxug, decedent 7274418, last updated by the VA August 2, 2004.

Rank and war are blank on many VA rows and are shown as "Not listed" rather than guessed. Something wrong? Tell Welcome Back Home.

Share this record

Pass this page on. Somebody who knew Elza may be one share away.

Share or print this record

Print this code and a family can open Elza's page at the graveside, on their own phone, with no app and nothing to type. The address is wbh.juniouslabs.digital/v/wa/elza-starr-2004-7274418.

This code is made from the address of this page. When the record is claimed and published as a memorial, it gets its own permanent code for the marker from Welcome Back Home.