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Personal info

Full name
PRATER, Eugene Floyd
Date of birth
19 March 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska
Hometown
Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
20721759
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
East of Forêt de Grémecey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 49 25

Immediate family

Members
Bryan W. Prater (father)
Pearl (Ray) Prater (mother)
Kenneth D. Prater (brother)
Kathryn E. (Moyer) Prater (wife)
Larry Prater (son)
Kent Prater (son)

More information

Pfc Eugene F. Prater attended Falls City High School for four years before he joined the National Guard in Falls City, Nebraska on 23 December 1940.
He was killed by small arms fire in his chest.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.
His brother Kenneth D. Prater is buried at Manila American Military Cemetery and Memorial.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Prather Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Loren Bender
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Falls City