• Born: 6 September 1914, Kansas, USA
• Marriage (1): Lucille Gladys VANNICE on 9 November 1946 in California, USA
• Died: 19 January 1977, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA at age 62
• Buried: 1977, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA

  Burial Notes

Bunkers Memory Gardens Cemetery, Section 18

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He has conflicting birth information of 6 September 1914 and Cedar, Barber County, Kansas, USA.

• He has conflicting birth information of 6 September 1914 and Cedar Point, Chase County, Kansas, USA.

• He served in the military in 1941-1945. Branch: ARMY; Rank: Private; Enlistment Date: 26 March 1942; Release Date: 11 September 1945.
  
  Raymond Albert Bates served in World War II with the Army Tank Corps.  He landed in Italy, and then went to Germany for the surrender with General Patton.

• He was buried at the Bunkers Memory Gardens Cemetery, Section 18 in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, USA in 1977.

Raymond married Lucille Gladys VANNICE on 9 November 1946 in California, USA. (Lucille Gladys VANNICE was born on 17 February 1918 in Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska, USA and died on 21 December 2007 in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee, USA.)