Individual Details

Lt. Commander Donald Combs PRATER USN (Ret.)

(12 Mar 1930 - 17 Nov 2014)

Spelling of middle name from wife's obituary.

Events

Birth12 Mar 1930Atlanta, DeKalb Co., GA
Census1930Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA
Census1940Beaumont, Jefferson Co., TX
Military1946enlisted, U.S. Navy
Marriage1951Ava Ann DOYLE
Military1970Lt. Com., U.S. Navy - Vietnam War
Death17 Nov 2014Tucker, DeKalb Co., GA
ObituaryCa 18 Nov 2014memorial from Bill Head Funeral Home

Families

SpouseAva Ann DOYLE (1931 - 2017)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
FatherEllison Morgan "Jack" PRATER (1898 - 1968)
MotherAnnie 'Ethel' HAND (1900 - 1943)
SiblingChristine Ann PRATER (1923 - 2002)

Notes

Birth

From: obituary; obituary record; U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862-1985 (Ancestry.com) shows 12 Mar 1929 instead.

Census

Age 0

Census

Age 10, shown as "Donald Combe".

Military

From obituary.

Marriage

From wife's obituary.

Death

From: U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-2017 (Ancestry.com); obituary.