Prater, Elmer, MSgt

Deceased
 
 Service Photo 
 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





  1946-1948, 522, Marine Barracks Philadelphia, PA



From Month/Year
July / 1946
To Month/Year
June / 1948
Unit
Marine Barracks Philadelphia, PA Unit Page
Rank
Sergeant
MOS
522-Guard
Base, Station or City
Marine Bks Philadelphia
State/Country
Pennsylvania
 
 
 Patch
 Marine Barracks Philadelphia, PA Details

Marine Barracks Philadelphia, PA
Type
MSG/Security
 
Parent Unit
Marine Barracks
Strength
USMC Detachment
Created/Owned By
Wojciechowski, Matthew, Sgt 157
   

Last Updated: Nov 9, 2017
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Moment
*Reported as Sergeant
*Service documents indicate he was a guard at MBNB Philia, Pa. for 1 year from 15 July 1946.

Chain of Command
*(ARGS) Departmnet of The Army, Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot, American Graves Registration Service

   

Other Memories
*He served in the AGRS Det til trnsfer.
*Escorted the remains of Cpl Thomas N. Norton, 517611 to Beverly, N.J. on 4 November 1947.
*Escorted the remains of PVT Jerome J. Cichocki, 967987 to Wilmington, Del. on 2 April 1948.
*Escorted the remains of Cpl Elwood Wright Earman, 497118 to Harrisonburg, VA. on 15 April 1948.
*Escorted remains of Cpl Andrew N. Di Filippo, 399499 to Ardmore, PA. on 28 April 1948.

   
Yearbook
 
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32 Members Also There at Same Time
Marine Barracks Philadelphia, PA

Bucher, Richard Reilly, Maj, (1942-1963) 3 0302 Captain
Lockwood, Dorothy Louise, 1stLt, (1944-1949) 1 0131 First Lieutenant
Zeigler, Robert Carl, Maj, (1943-1958) OF 1542 Second Lieutenant
Blazer, Philip, CWO3, (1938-1958) OF Warrant Officer
DeSerio, Alfred L., MSgt, (1928-1970) 30 3049 Master Sergeant
Rea, Clarence, GySgt, (1940-1946) 3 0300 Gunnery Sergeant
Connor, George Joseph, SSgt, (1944-1952) OF 745 Sergeant
Marshall, Willard Warren, Sgt, (1942-1946) 30 3013 Sergeant
Zeigler, Robert Carl, Maj, (1943-1958) OF 812 Platoon Sergeant
Black, Theodore Halsey, Capt, (1946-1957) 3 0311 Corporal
Borchers, Gerald Thomas, TSgt, (1942-1946) OF Corporal
Dalphonse, Nicholas, SSgt, (1942-1949) 33 3372 Corporal
O'Day, Walter George, Cpl, (1946-1950) OF 055 Corporal
Rakushin, John (n), Cpl, (1942-1946) 28 2847 Corporal
Borchers, Gerald Thomas, TSgt, (1942-1946) OF 405 Private 1st Class
Dabrowski, Dennis Virgil, SSgt, (1943-1953) OF 745 Private 1st Class
Horstick, John Daris, Cpl, (1944-1948) OF 533 Private 1st Class
Reiff, Gerald, CDR, (1944-1982) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Windsor Jr, George, CWO2, (1945-1971) 25 2533 Private
Chamberlin, George E., LtCol, (1942-1964) First Lieutenant
Monroe, Richard, Capt, (1942-1962) Technical Sergeant
Coates, John, Cpl, (1947-1951) Private 1st Class
Edelman, Walter Elwood, Sgt, (1942-1946) Sergeant
Klicas, Peter Matthew, Sgt, (1943-1947) Sergeant
Szulewski, Sigmund, Cpl, (1945-1947) Corporal
Wessel, Theodore Frederick, Sgt, (1944-1951) Private 1st Class
Guard Co

Tatusko, Andrew, Maj, (1937-1967) 3 0369 Gunnery Sergeant
O'Neill, John, SSgt, (1941-1950) OF 014 Platoon Sergeant
Apple, Robert Edward, Cpl, (1943-1946) OF 776 Corporal
Jones, Jack C, Sgt, (1941-1953) 13 1371 Corporal
Russell, James (jim), Cpl, (1948-1952) 25 2511 Corporal
Vinci, Salvatore, Sgt, (1944-1950) 8 0800 Corporal
Goss, Frederick Charles, Cpl, (1946-1950) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Winters, Jonathan, Cpl, (1943-1946) Corporal

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