Charles Walter Gater was born Sept. 26, 1920 to Willie L. and Ruth L. Morris Gater. He died Sept. 9, 1944 and is buried in Brittany American Cemetery, Saint James, France.
Pvt. Gater served in World War II with the U.S. Army 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division and was KIA in France and awarded the Purple Heart.
Sources: ancestry.com
