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Submitted: 8/9/21 • Approved: 8/10/21 • Last Updated: 8/13/21 • R445692-G0-S3
Texas
FIREMAN FIRST CLASS (NON PETTY OFFICER ) US Navy Reserves
World War II
August 1, 1907-July 28, 1956
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Kincheloe "Doc" Pate, 48, a former Tucson resident, drowned Sunday in a lake near Amarillo, Tex., according to Tucson relatives of Mr. Pate.
A resident of Borger, Tex., Mr. Pate lived here from 1943 to 1945 and was one of the first civilian firemen at Davis-Monthan AFB. He enlisted in the Navy near the end of World War II.
The owner and operator of Budweiser Distributing Co., Borger, he leaves his widow, Gladys; a brother, Gideon Pate, both of Borger, and his mother, Mrs. Alberta Furrow, of Tucson.
(Published in Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Arizona) - Thu, Aug 2, 1956 - Page 16)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Kincheloe Pate
Death Date: 28 Jul 1956
Death County: Gray
Certificate: 42169
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Kincheloe Pate
Birth Date: 1 Aug 1907
Birth Place: Mattingly, Kentucky
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: Luther R Pate
Mother: Mamie Burdette
Age at Death: 48
Death Date: 28 Jul 1956
Death Place: Rural Precinct 3, Gray, Texas, USA
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
Name: Kincheloe Pate
Birth Date: 1 Aug 1907
Death Date: 28 Jul 1956
Cemetery: Highland Park Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Borger, Texas
Contributed on 8/9/21
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