Date of Birth: 07/14/1949
Neighborhood: Oak Lane
High School:
Street: Church Lane
Branch of Service: Marine Corps
Rank: LCPL
Date of Casualty: 06/12/1969
Province of Casualty: Quang Nam
Philadelphia Memorial Panel: Panel 32
Panel Row: 9
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A brown belt in karate, the Temple Prep School graduate planned to attend Temple University Law School after returning from Vietnam. The 19-year-old Marine Corps lance corporal, a rifleman, had been on more than 25 combat missions with the 2nd Civil Affairs Group, 3rd Marine Amphibious Force, when he was killed on June 12, 1969. Werts was survived by his parents and a sister
