Everett R. Belt, Jr.

	NAME Everett Ray Belt, Jr.	NICKNAME —	SERVICE NUMBER 291740
	UNIT Marine Detachment USS Arizona	HOME OF RECORD 842 Big Bend Road Kirkwood, MO	NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. Margaret M. Belt
	DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1917 at Topeka, KS	ENTERED SERVICE August 17, 1940 at St. Louis, MO	DATE OF LOSS December 7, 1941
	REGION Hawaiian Islands	CAMPAIGN / AREA Pearl Harbor	CASUALTY TYPE Killed In Action
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS PFC Everett R. Belt, Jr. was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the battleship USS Arizona. He was aboard on 7 December 1941 when the ship, struck by bombs that detonated her forward magazine, sank to the bottom of Pearl Harbor. Belt was not seen after the attack, and was declared dead as of 7 December 1941.
INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart	LAST KNOWN RANK Private First Class	STATUS OF REMAINS Not recovered.	MEMORIALS USS Arizona Memorial Honolulu Memorial

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