PhM3 Robert Alvin Bates

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Robert Alvin Bates

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Parmer County, Texas, United States
Death: December 07, 1941 (22)
Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, HI, United States (Aboard the USS Arizona)
Place of Burial: Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Alvin Bates and Louella Bates
Brother of Glenard Bates

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About PhM3 Robert Alvin Bates

KIA aboard the USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor.

A Purple Heart belonging to Robert Bates was found in an alley in Bakersfield, California in 2012. The local VFW started a national search for a relative so the medal could be returned to the family.......

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Robert Alvin Bates was born in Black, Texas on Jan. 26, 1919 and died on Dec. 7, 1941. The birth father was John Alvin Bates, 1889-1964 and Mother is Louie. In 1940, he was single and living in San Diego where he was assigned to the U.S. Naval Hospital. He was born in Parmer County in the Texas Panhandle and in 1940 his parents were living in the community of German in Jack County.

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PhM3 Robert Alvin Bates's Timeline

1919
January 26, 1919
Parmer County, Texas, United States
1941
December 7, 1941
Age 22
Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, HI, United States
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USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States