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JOHN THOMAS WERTMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1948 – October 5, 1967
Service recordJohn Thomas Wertman, of Cumberland, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 56
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 ENG BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Cumberland, Maryland (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 56
- ROBERT RICHARD SANDSTROMPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- STANLEY ROY UDINGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · October 6, 1967
- GALE ARTHUR ALLDRIDGESergeant · October 6, 1967
From Cumberland
- FREDERICK NORMAN BAKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1965
- WELLINGTON MARTIN DONAHUEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- CHARLES E ARONHALT JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MCMAHONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- JOHN DERWOOD SAVILLE JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- JOSEPH PATRICK ROWLEYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- THOMAS JACOB TORRINGTONLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL PROPSTPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
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.