Individual Details
Orville M. PRATER
(21 Nov 1921 - 6 Sep 1943)
Events
| Birth | 21 Nov 1921 |  | |||
| Census | 1930 | Olustee, Jackson Co., OK | | ||
| Census | 1940 | Olustee, Jackson Co., OK | | ||
| Military | 26 Mar 1942 | enlisted in U.S. Army Air Corps - OK | | ||
| Marriage | 25 Dec 1942 | Greer Co., OK - Living | | ||
| Military | 1943 | 2nd Lt., U.S. Army Air Corps - WWII | | ||
| Death | 6 Sep 1943 | in a B-17 crash - Rapid City AFB, Rapid City, Pennington Co., SD | | ||
| Burial | Altus Cemetery, Altus, Jackson Co., OK |  |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Father | Charles Wesley Eugene "Chuck" PRATER (1895 - 1949) |
| Mother | Willie Dimple BELT (1898 - 1981) |
| Sibling | Kathryn Boyce PRATER (1918 - 2012) |
| Sibling | James D. "JD" PRATER (1919 - 1973) |
| Sibling | Troy Laverne PRATER (1925 - 1994) |
Notes
Birth
From gravestone.Census
Age 8Census
Age 18, living with parents.Military
From: U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (Ancestry.com).Marriage
From: Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995 (Ancestry.com).Military
From gravestone.Death
From gravestone.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22531799.