Individual Details
Ray E. Prater
(14 Apr 1923 - 31 Dec 1943)
Events
| Birth | 14 Apr 1923 | Kern Co., CA |  | ||
| Census | 1930 | Edinburg, Buckhart Twp., Christian Co., IL | | ||
| Census | 1940 | Edinburg, Buckhart Twp., Christian Co., IL | | ||
| Military | 9 Sep 1942 | enlisted, U.S. Army Air Corps - Peoria, Peoria Co., IL | |||
| Military | 1943 | Sgt., 511th Bomber Squadron 351st, 8th Air Force - WWII | | ||
| Death | 31 Dec 1943 | WWII | |||
| Burial | Brittany, FRA (Monument) Interred Overseas | ||||
| Burial | Edinburg Cemetery, Edinburg, Christian Co., IL | |  |
Families
| Father | Harry Ottis PRATER (1895 - 1960) |
| Mother | Hazel May BULPITT (1895 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Ruth Evelyn PRATER (1917 - 2006) |
| Sibling | Ruby Estella PRATER (1919 - 2013) |
| Sibling | Marjorie Jean PRATER (1926 - 2003) |
| Sibling | Thomas Eugene "Tom" PRATER (1928 - 1981) |
Notes
Birth
From: California Birth Index, 1905-1995 (Ancestry.com)Census
Age 6Census
Age 18, living with parents.Military
Purple HeartBurial
This is a cenotaph.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=117793207.