Honor Roll: Military Service

Below are names of descendants and near relatives of Gilbert Belnap known to have served in the military, including national guard, civil (in connection with military), and other similar service.  Information (where known) includes:  Military Branch/Unit; Rank(s)/Roll; Location(s) Served; and Years Served.  Individuals who died in service are highlighted in red bold italics.  Names are grouped by major wars and other military service.  Information included here is very incomplete; updates and corrections are warmly welcomed.  (For information on ancestors whose service would qualify a descendant applying for membership in a lineage society such as Daughters of the American Revolution or Sons of the American Revolution, go to Lineage Society Membership Information.)

Upper Canada Rebellion/Patriot War (1837-1839)

  • Gilbert Belnap (1821-1899):  Light Horse Rangers; 1st Sargent; Ontario, Canada; 183[8]-1839; captured and held as prisoner of war

Nauvoo Legion (1840-1845)

  • Vinson Knight (1804-1842) (father-in-law of Gilbert Belnap):  Aide-de-Camp to Joseph Smith, Jr.; Illinois; 1841-1842

Mexican-American War/Mormon Battalion (1846-1848)

  • Harlum McBride (1824-1901) (brother of Henrietta McBride):
  • Lot Smith (1830-1892) (husband of Lydia Minerva McBride who was a niece of Martha McBride Knight Smith Kimball):

Utah War (1857-1858); Utah Territorial Militia

  • Gilbert Belnap (1821-1899):  Weber County Militia; Lot Smith Company; Utah; 1857-1858
  • Thomas Derlin Belnap (1829-1880) (younger brother of Gilbert Belnap):  served on the side of the U.S. Federal Government; career military

American Civil War (1861-1865)

  • John Jay Belnap (1845-1864) (nephew of Gilbert Belnap):  died 18 Jun 1864, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee

World War I (1914-1918)

  • Arias Guy Belnap (1893-1974):  U.S. Navy; 12th Naval District Base; Civil Service; San Francisco, CA; 1918-19[19]
  • Floyd Frederick Townley (unknown-1917) (former husband of Isadora Jane Belnap):  Killed in Argonne Forest, France (reportedly)

World War II (1939-1945)

  • Donald Eugene Belnap (1927-2013):  U.S. Army; Japan Occupying Forces, 3365th Company; Private; Tokyo, Japan 1945-194__
  • Frederick William Belnap (1925-1945):  U.S. Army; Private First Class; Infantry 7th Division, XXIV Corps, 10th Army; died of wounds on Okinawa, Japan
  • Glen Taylor Belnap (1922-1983)
  • LaGrande Hall Belnap (1925-2020)
  • Lowell Hall Belnap (1919-1950)
  • Max Gilbert Belnap (1924-2008)
  • Norman Belnap (1922-2002):  U.S. Army; Private First Class
  • Parley Kershaw Belnap (1921-1997):  U.S. Army; Private First Class
  • Paul Gilbert Belnap (1922-1983):  Corporal
  • Ralph Arias Belnap (1917-1996):  U.S. Navy; Atlantic Fleet, Radioman 1st Class; England; Ireland; Scotland 1942-1945
  • Vinson Ray Belnap (1917-1991):  U.S. Marine Corps; Major
  • William James Black (1924-2021)
  • William Alexander Cottle (1922-1973):  U.S. Army Air Forces; Italy
  • Ralph LeRoy Dewsnup (1915-1943) (husband of Ruth Ellen Belnap): U.S. Army Air Forces; Major; missing in action–presumed killed in airplane crash near Chabua, Assam, India in WWII 10 Dec 1943; memorialized on “Wall of the Missing” at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial (Fort William McKinley Cemetery), Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Manila, Philippines
  • Eldred Hilmar Erickson (1919-1989) (husband of Lois Ruth Belnap):  U.S. Army; Air Forces/Corps; 3rd Air Force Fighter Command (Signal Corps) Aleutian Islands; Pacific; Kisa, Japan 1942-1945
  • Edwin Eschler Evans (1920-2012) (husband of Mildred Belnap):  U.S. Army; 713th Railway Operating Battalion North Africa; Europe 1942-1945
  • Glen Knight Furniss (1906-1958) (husband of “A” Jewel Belnap):  U.S. Army; South Pacific 194_-194_
  • Virgil Albert James (1914-1985):  U.S. Navy
  • Ervin Norman Miskin (1920-1944):  U.S. Army Air Forces; First Lieutenant; B-24 Liberator bomber pilot; previously joined Royal Canadian Air Force; reported missing in action between New Guinea and Queensland, Australia; memorialized in Ucon Cemetery, Ucon, Bonneville, Idaho
  • Max Allen Reeves (1922-2006) (husband of Ruth Venable)
  • Reed Palmer Waters (1920-1944) (husband of Eliza Beth Belnap):  killed in Biak, Papua New Guinea; memorialized in Rigby Pioneer Cemetery, Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho

Korean War (1950-1953)

  • Emery Mead Belnap (1929-2022):  U.S. Army; Corps of Engineers; Panama and Greenland
  • Gordon Leslie Belnap (1929-2021):  U.S. Army; 45th Signal Company; Private; Photographer; Korea; Japan; 1952-1953
  • William James Black (1924-2021)
  • Raymond Lee Patterson (1935-2006):  U.S. Navy, Seaman

Vietnam War (1965-1973)

  • Glen Dean Belnap (1923-1967):  U.S. Army; Lieutenant Colonel; Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Vietnam (USARV); killed in action in helicopter crash 20 Dec 1967; listed on Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.; buried in Arlington National Cemetery
  • William James Black (1924-2021):  U.S. Air Force; Lieutenant Colonel

Unsorted Military Service

  • Bert Belnap
  • Dennis L. Belnap
  • Don L. Belnap
  • George G. Belnap
  • Linden Hall Belnap (1929-2016):  U.S. Army
  • Lon Belnap
  • Maurine P. Belnap
  • Veloy Hall Belnap (1927-2004)
  • Wendell Taylor Belnap (1913-1974)
  • Blake W. Corbridge (spouse of Carolyn Ethel Vander Does):  U.S. Army; Sergeant

 

Last update:  4 Sep 2024