Bates, PFC Lee Craft

1923 - 1945  (21 years)

• Name	Bates, Lee Craft
  Prefix	PFC
  Birth	11 Nov 1923	Jenkins, Letcher, Kentucky, United States
  Gender	Male
  Census	1930	Jenkins, Letcher, Kentucky, United States
  Census	1940	Letcher, Kentucky, United States
  EnlistMil	Jul 1944
  	in the U.S. Army
  Military	From Jul 1944 to 7 May 1945
  	as PFC, 306th Inf., 77th Div., U.S. Army, World War II
  Death	7 May 1945	Shuri, Naha-shi, Okinawa, Japan
  	Cause: in combat
  Burial	Whitaker Cemetery, Whitaker, Letcher, Kentucky, United States
  Person ID	I286664	Pioneers of the Appalachian Highlands
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Bates, Herman,   b. 15 Jan 1885, Knott, Kentucky, United States d. 12 Nov 1947, Payne Gap, Letcher, Kentucky, United States (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Draughn, Ida Harriett,   b. 1 Feb 1887, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States d. 17 Mar 1960, Payne Gap, Letcher, Kentucky, United States (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	9 Jul 1904	Knott, Kentucky, United States
  Family ID	F109631	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Birth - 11 Nov 1923 - Jenkins, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Census - 1930 - Jenkins, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Census - 1940 - Letcher, Kentucky, United States Death - Cause: in combat - 7 May 1945 - Shuri, Naha-shi, Okinawa, Japan Burial - - Whitaker Cemetery, Whitaker, Letcher, Kentucky, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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