Everett Ray Belt Jr (1917 - 1941)

Born 17 May 1917 in Cimarron, Gray County, Kansas, USA

Ancestors

Died 7 Dec 1941 at age 24 in Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Biography

PFC Everett Belt Jr served in the United States Navy in World War II
Service started: August 1940
Unit(s): USS Arizona (BB-39)
Service ended: 7 Dec 1941 KIA

PFC Everett Belt Jr was Killed in Action at Pearl Harbor aboard the USS Arizona during World War II.

The family soon moved to Missouri. The 1940 Census, conducted in the spring, identified him as a salesman at a building store.

He enlisted in the Marines that August 1940 and was a private first class on the U.S.S. Arizona when he was killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.

At least two siblings also served in World War II -- William in the Navy and Donald in the Marines.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M842-S93 : 2 February 2021), Everett R Belt in entry for E R Belt, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHN5-1SG : accessed 27 May 2023), Everett R Belt Jr. in household of Everett R Belt, Carondelet, St Louis, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 4B, line 89, family 106, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1223; FHL microfilm 2,340,958.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7W4-DJ6 : 23 December 2019), Everett Belt in household of Everett Belt, Gravois Township, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 95-134A, sheet 1A, line 10, family 3, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2150.
• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSX-1J5G : 1 May 2017), E R Belt, died 07 Dec 1941; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.
• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSF-SNRD : 29 January 2019), E R Belt, died 07 Dec 1941; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKY-J6VR : 9 September 2022), Everett Ray Belt, ; Burial, Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Honolulu Memorial; citing record ID 56115183, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV8-79LV : 16 December 2020), Everett Ray Belt, ; Burial, Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, USS Arizona Memorial; citing record ID 11142942, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• MONUMENT Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #11142942 (accessed 27 May 2023)
  Memorial page for PFC Everett Ray Belt Jr. (17 May 1917-7 Dec 1941), citing USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA; Maintained by Hazel and Elizabeth (contributor 46530237).
• MONUMENT Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #56115183 (accessed 27 May 2023)
  Memorial page for PFC Everett Ray Belt Jr. (17 May 1917-7 Dec 1941), citing Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA (plot: Courts of the Missing); Maintained by Travis Cott (contributor 47324817).

See Also:

• National Park Service. "USS Arizona Brothers," Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Hawai'i, nps.gov (accessed 24 May 2023).
• National Park Service. "USS Arizona Casualties," Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Hawai'i, nps.gov (accessed 24 May 2023).