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GREGORY IRA WERTS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 14, 1949 – June 12, 1969
Service recordGregory Ira Werts, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 37
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 37
- JOSEPH BENSON WALKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- DONALD MICHAEL WAYMANPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- THOMAS MILTON AARON JRSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
- FEDERICO ALANIZ JRPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.