This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8300 Message Board Post: Desert Memorial Park Cemetery Ridgecrest CA Kern County Funeral Home Record Lot: C-6, Sec. 9, Blk. 1 Interred: Richard Onsloe Slates Color: Cauc Age: 34 years, 4 months, 24 days Place of birth: Missouri Date of birth: July 28, 1932 Sex: M Place of death: Death Valley, CA Date of death: Dec. 22, 1966 Name and address of undertaker: Turner Funeral Home, Ridgecrest CA Note: Death date does not match headstone date Desert Memorial Park Block 1, Row D, Space 48 Headstone: Richard O. Slates Missouri 1st Lt HHD 603 Eng Cam Bn July 28 1932 Dec 21, 1966 Standard military headstone, marble, engraved