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MARVIN MARK BELT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 14, 1944 – December 26, 1965
Service recordMarvin Mark Belt, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 39
- RICHARD LYNN JOSSENDALLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- JOHN OLIVER ARNNMajor · December 26, 1965
- EDWARD LEONARD LOWEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1965
- LOUIS RAYMOND RALEIGHMajor · December 26, 1965
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
- GREGORY JOHN HARRISMaster Sergeant · June 12, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.