Individual Details
Archie 'Kenneth' PRATER
(26 Nov 1921 - 29 May 2016)
Events
| Birth | 26 Nov 1921 | Chilhowee, Johnson Co., MO |  | ||
| Census | 1930 | Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO | | ||
| Census | 1940 | Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO | | ||
| Military | 28 Aug 1942 - 1945 | enlisted in U.S. Army Air Corps - Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, MO | | ||
| Marriage | 8 Oct 1949 | Jackson Co., MO - Vivian Louise BOST | | ||
| Military | 1952 | 1st Lt., U.S. Air Force - Korean War | |||
| Death | 29 May 2016 | Las Vegas, Clark Co., NV | | ||
| Obituary | Review-Journal - Las Vegas, Clark Co., NV | | |||
| Burial | Bunkers Memory Gardens Cemetery, Las Vegas, Clark Co., NV |  |
Families
| Spouse | Vivian Louise BOST (1927 - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Archibald Cornelius "Archie" PRATER (1894 - 1959) |
| Mother | Mary Cecil BURNS (1896 - 1963) |
| Sibling | Cornelius 'Burns' PRATER (1919 - 2013) |
Notes
Birth
From: gravestone; marriage record; U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 (Ancestry.com); obituary.Census
Age 8, shown as "A. Kenneth".Census
Age 18, living with parents.Military
From: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (Ancestry.com). He served in the European Theater as a communication specialist liberating a concentration camp in Poland. He was honorably discharged in 1945 as a sergeant, having been awarded six Bronze Star Medals and a Good Conduct Medal for the Belgium Campaign.Marriage
From: Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (Ancestry.com); husband's obituary.Death
From; gravestone; obituary.Obituary
Obituary is included in the Find-A-Grave listing.Endnotes
1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Prater&GSiman=1&GScid=740840&GRid=177128115&.