Belt, Walter Sidney Jr.
Navy Fireman 1st class

Walter Sidney Jr. Belt, age 25, from Ellsworth, Kansas, Ellsworth county.

Service era: World War II
Military history: Purple Heart

Date of death: Sunday, December 7, 1941
Death details: Navy Fireman 1st Class Walter S. Belt, Jr., 25, killed during World War II, was accounted for on March 3, 2021.

On Dec. 7, 1941, Belt was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Belt.
Cemetery: Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial

Source: National Archives, American Battle Monuments Commission, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency