Object Name:
Belt
Museum ID #:
2014.FIC.0127
Catalog Date:
12/10/2014
Collection:
Sparks Armory Collection
Description:
Belt of a Viet Cong/ North Vietnamese Soldier; has a gold colored buckle with a star etched into it; the belt itself is made of brown leather, which has dried and broken into two pieces.
Provenance: Belt was removed from an NVA infantryman by 1LT Leslie D. Kennedy, Co. A, 2nd BN. (A), 502nd Infantry, 1st Bde,. 101st Airborne Div. who received the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions on 15 Sept., 1996.
Provenance: Belt was removed from an NVA infantryman by 1LT Leslie D. Kennedy, Co. A, 2nd BN. (A), 502nd Infantry, 1st Bde,. 101st Airborne Div. who received the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions on 15 Sept., 1996.
Event Associated with Item:
Vietnam War
History of Item:
Belt was removed from an NVA infantryman by 1LT Leslie D. Kennedy, Co. A, 2nd BN. (A), 502nd Infantry, 1st Bde,. 101st Airborne Div. who received the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions on 15 Sept., 1996.
Made:
Vietnam
Place of Origin:
United States/Vietnam
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