Individual Details
Vernon Wiley PRATER
(3 Oct 1913 - 20 Jul 1943)
Events
| Birth | 3 Oct 1913 | Palouse, Whitman Co., WA |  | ||
| Census | 1920 | Whitman Co., WA | | ||
| Census | 1930 | Harvard, Latah Co., ID | | ||
| Marriage | 3 Nov 1933 | Dayton, Columbia Co., WA - Dorothy Edna LLOYD | | ||
| Census (family) | 1940 | Colfax, Whitman Co., WA - Dorothy Edna LLOYD | | ||
| Military | 1943 | U.S. Navy - WWII | | ||
| Death | 20 Jul 1943 | Attu, Aleutian Is., AK | | ||
| Burial | 23 Sep 1948 | Greenwood Cemetery, Palouse, Whitman Co., WA |  |
Families
| Spouse | Dorothy Edna LLOYD (1915 - 2002) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Wiley George PRATER (1892 - 1963) |
| Mother | Zula Hester TEMPERO (1894 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Arthur Verl PRATER (1915 - 1984) |
| Sibling | Leslie L. PRATER twin (1917 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Donald Wesley PRATER twin (1917 - 2000) |
| Sibling | Frank Robert "Frankie" PRATER (1919 - 2009) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Leona May PRATER (1923 - 1983) |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Birth
From: grave plaque; Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965(FamilySearch).Census
Age 6Census
Age 16Marriage
From: Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008 (FamilySearch). She m2 1947 Mark Wilkie Moore.Census (family)
Vernon Prater Head M 26 WashingtonDorothy Prater Wife F 24 Washington
Robert Prater Son M 6 Washington
Military
From grave plaque.Death
From grave plaque. Critically wounded while serving on BB-42, USS Idaho, during campaign for Attu Island in the Aleutians. Died and was buried on island. Later, remains transferred to final resting place in Washington State.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43734912/vernon-wiley-prater#source.