Background
Kates was born May 7, 1865 in Shelby Center, New York and enlisted into the marine corps from the Marine Barracks in New York on July 21, 1899.
Kates was born May 7, 1865 in Shelby Center, New York and enlisted into the marine corps from the Marine Barracks in New York on July 21, 1899.
After entering the Marine Corps he was sent to fight in the Chinese Boxer Rebellion. He was discharged from the marine corps May 19, 1903 in Brooklyn, New New York