Individual Details
Walter Earl PRATER
(16 Jan 1919 - 19 Mar 2001)
Events
| Birth | 16 Jan 1919 | TN |  | ||
| Census | 1920 | Knoxville, Knox Co., TN | | ||
| Census | 1930 | Knoxville, Knox Co., TN | | ||
| Military | 8 Oct 1940 | enlisted in U.S. Army Air Corps, Philippine Dept - Ft. McPherson, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA | | ||
| Military | Ca 1940 - 1945 | U.S. Army Air Corps - WWII | | ||
| Census | 1940 | Knoxville, Knox Co., TN | | ||
| Marriage | Aft 1940 | Ruby Catherine COOPER | |||
| Death | 19 Mar 2001 | Knox Co., TN | | ||
| Burial | Byrds Chapel Cemetery, Knox Co., TN |  |
Families
| Spouse | Ruby Catherine COOPER (1920 - 2001) |
| Father | Samuel 'Oscar' PRATER (1886 - 1964) |
| Mother | Verna MAYS (1890 - 1975) |
| Sibling | Margaret M. PRATER (1911 - 1940) |
| Sibling | Kyle PRATER (1913 - 1940) |
| Sibling | Horace E. PRATER (1915 - 1990) |
| Sibling | Living |
Notes
Birth
From gravestone; SSDI.Census
Age 11/12Census
Age 11Military
From: United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (FamilySearch).Military
From gravestone.Census
Age 21, living with parents.Death
From gravestone; SSDI.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave -- https://www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63778197/walter-e_-prater#source.