Prater, Elmer, MSgt

Deceased
 
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 Service Details
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Last Rank
Master Sergeant
Last Primary MOS
3049-Supply Chief
Last MOSGroup
 Supply Administration And Operations
Primary Unit
1942-1945, 3000, H&S Bn, 2nd Marine Division
Service Years
1942 - 1962
Official/Unofficial USMC Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Shellback Certificate
Marine Combat Water Survival 1st Class (CWS-1)
Enlisted Collar Insignia
Master Sergeant
Five Hash Marks

 Last Photo 
 Personal Details 

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Home State
Kentucky
Kentucky
 Year of Birth
1923
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Wilstacy		 Last Address
Hwy 205 (Dogwood Trail) Breathitt County, Kentucky
Date of Passing
Apr 26, 1972		  
Location of Interment
Vincent Prater Cemetery - Wilstacy, Kentucky

 Official Badges 

USMC Retired Pin USMC Retired Pin (20 Years) WW II Honorable Discharge Pin US Marines Corps Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Golden Dragon Cold War Medal Shellback Casualty Escort

Cold War





  1945-1946, 3000, 2nd Bn, 8th Marines (2/8)
From Month/Year
November / 1945 		To Month/Year
April / 1946
Unit
2nd Bn, 8th Marines (2/8) Unit Page
Rank
Private 1st Class		 MOS
3000-Basic Supply Administration and Ops Marine
Base, Station or City
Not Specified		State/Country
Japan
  
 
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 2nd Bn, 8th Marines (2/8) Details

2nd Bn, 8th Marines (2/8)
Type
Infantry 		 
Parent Unit
Infantry Units 		Strength
USMC Battalion
Created/Owned By
03  Dubois, David, Sgt 19
   

Last Updated: Apr 7, 2009
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Moment
*He was with Hg,2BN, 8Mar, 2nd Div 30 Nov 1945 - 18 April 1946.

Other Memories
*Service documents indicate he was transfered to 2nd Casualty Company HQBN Camp Lejuene,NC (MSM FFT)(?) on 18 April 1946.

   
   
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38 Members Also There at Same Time
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2nd Bn, 8th Marines (2/8)
Chamberlin, William, Maj, (1940-1960) 3 0302 Major
Thomas, Gerard, 1stLt, (1943-1946) 3 0302 First Lieutenant
Upchurch, Sidney A, MSgt, (1931-1956) OF 585 First Sergeant
Dunlap, Albert Howard, SSgt, (1941-1951) 3 0311 Sergeant
Fox, Edgar, Sgt, (1941-1966) OF 745 Corporal
James, George, Cpl, (1942-1946) 25 Private 1st Class
Garcia, Frank, Sgt, (1946-1950) 11 1100 Private
Garcia, Frank, Sgt, (1946-1950) 11 1100 Private
Holmes, Charles, GySgt, (1944-1968) 3 0311 Private
E Co
Ord, James Basevi, Col, (1941-1969) 3 0302 First Lieutenant
Hertel, William George, Cpl, (1942-1945) OF 737 Corporal
Wilson, Samuel Bertis, Cpl, (1943-1945) OF 604 Corporal
German, Robert Maynard, Pvt, (1944-1945) OF 746 Private
Carpenter, Sam, PFC, (1944-1950) Private
Rimmer, Walter Eugene, LtCol, (1942-1945) First Lieutenant
F Co
Pauley, James Madison, GySgt, (1937-1945) OF 585 Gunnery Sergeant
Brown, Robert Edward, Sgt, (1942-1945) OF 607 Sergeant
Donahue, William Wayne, Cpl, (1943-1945) OF 737 Corporal
Ketchel, Elmer Dean, Cpl, (1943-1946) OF 607 Corporal
Wood, Joseph Ellsworth, Pvt, (1944-1945) OF 746 Private
Shelquist, Harry, SSgt, (1943-1950) Corporal
G Co
McCain, Harold John, Cpl, (1943-1945) OF 737 Corporal
Winegar, Willis Leroy, Cpl, (1943-1945) OF 737 Corporal
Shores, Phil Leon, PFC, (1944-1945) OF 746 Private 1st Class
Siwek, Walter, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 746 Private 1st Class
Hallas, George Howard, PFC, (1945-1948) OF 521 Private
H Co
Buffum, Keith, Cpl, (1942-1946) 3 0331 Corporal
Berry, Forest, PFC, (1941-1945) OF Private 1st Class
H&S Co
Sydlowski, John Joseph, MSgt, (1942-1969) OF 735 Sergeant
Allen, Robert 'Bob', Cpl, (1944-1946) 1 0143 Corporal
Waldron, Vincent Peter, Cpl, (1942-1946) OF 604 Corporal
Capraro, Patrick Thomas, PFC, (1944-1946) OF 835 Private 1st Class
Dagen, Carlton Clifford, Cpl, (1944-1946) OF 521 Private 1st Class
Diamond, George Edward, Cpl, (1943-1946) OF 641 Private 1st Class
Heagy, Homer Irwin, Cpl, (1944-1946) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Mannarino, Joseph Dominick, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 607 Private 1st Class
Savage, Edwin Garnell, PFC, (1944-1946) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Tsosie, David, PFC, (1943-1945) OF 642 Private 1st Class
Weapons Co
Ontko, Edward Joseph, PFC, (1944-1950) 3 Private 1st Class

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