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NAME Everett Ray Belt, Jr. |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER 291740 |
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| UNIT Marine Detachment USS Arizona |
HOME OF RECORD 842 Big Bend Road Kirkwood, MO |
NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. Margaret M. Belt |
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| DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1917 at Topeka, KS |
ENTERED SERVICE August 17, 1940 at St. Louis, MO |
DATE OF LOSS December 7, 1941 |
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| REGION Hawaiian Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Pearl Harbor |
CASUALTY TYPE Killed In Action |
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| 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. |
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| 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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Comment received November 21, 2016
I gave you a salute when I visited the Arizona.
Your cousin, son of Alpha Velma Belt Swigert, who was the daughter of William Henry Belt and Harriet Susanna Brown.
William George Swigert, Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps(Retired)
Everett Belt, Jr. was my Great Uncle, since I’m the granddaughter of Donald Ralph Belt, Sr., PFC Everett Belt’s younger brother. My grandfather & his brother William (my beloved uncle Bill) both enlisted just after Pearl Harbor and losing their older brother, both fighting in the Pacific theater of WWII, which I know haunted my grandfather for the rest of his life. Strangely enough, even though I’ve lived my whole life in the Washington DC area, I happened to marry a man who coincidently also graduated from Kirkwood High School, as Everett, my Grandfather, and Uncle Bill all did. I know that the legacy & sacrifice of Everett Belt, despite his body never being recovered aboard the Arizona, was deeply felt & continues to be mourned by everyone in his surviving family to this day.
Hello,
I am also an ancestor of everett and your family in kansas.
Trying to find other family members related.
If you could help, I’d really appreciate it.
Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
SCOTT WESLEY BELT
FROM CALIFORNIA