Below are names of descendants and near relatives of Gilbert Belnap known to have served in the military, including national guard, civil, 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; 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)
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: 21 Jun 2023