Individual Details

Claude Waverly PRATER

(31 Mar 1922 - 16 Dec 1989)

Surname shown as "Prater" on his gravestone.

Events

Birth31 Mar 1922Alexander Co., IL
Census1930Thebes, Alexander Co., IL
Military1942 - 1945Pvt., U.S. Army - WWII
Military8 Oct 1942enlisted in U.S. Army - Chicago, Cook Co., IL
Death16 Dec 1989IL
Burial19 Dec 1989Mound City National Cemetery, Mound City, IL

Families

FatherErnest Irvin PRATER (1890 - 1970)
MotherEliza JACKSON (1900 - 1973)
SiblingWilliam Calvin PRATER (1916 - 1952)
SiblingVirginia PRATER (1918 - 2008)
SiblingLesley "Buss" PRATER (1920 - 2017)
SiblingWanda PRATER (1921 - 2008)
SiblingPaul PRATER (1924 - 2009)
SiblingOsia Loren PRATHER (1927 - 1977)
SiblingRobert Gene PRATER (1928 - 2008)
SiblingLiving
SiblingWayne PRATER (1930 - 2009)
SiblingDanny D. "Jitter" PRATHER (1939 - 2009)

Notes

Birth

SSDI

Census

Age 8

Military

From: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (Ancestry.com)

Death

SSDI

Burial

From: U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 (Ancestry.com)

Endnotes

1. From: Find-A-Grave Online, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22920660.