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Elmer Thomas Bates

SOH1, Navy

August 19, 1920 to December 15, 2004

Branch: Navy
Rank: SOH1
Wars: World War II
Born: August 19, 1920
Died: December 15, 2004
Buried: Bates Cemetery, Vancouver, WA

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