De Wert (FFG 45) - Naval Cruise Book

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HN RICHARD DAVID DEWERT, USN

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Richard DE WERT was bom in Taunton, Massachusetts on 17 November 1931. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on 2 December 1948 at the Naval Recruiting Station, Boston. After basic training at the Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, Illinois, he attended U.S. Naval Hospital Corps School at the same location. His initial assignment was to the Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia. On 28 July 1950, Hospitalman DE WERT joined the lst Medical Battalion, lst Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, at Camp Pendleton, California, which deployed to Korea. On 17 December, he landed at Inchon and assisted in the activation of the division hospital. Within a fortnight he took part in the liberation of SEOUL, the South Korean capital. On 6 March 1951, after participation in several combat operations, DE WERT was transferred to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines. On the moming of 5 April, MDM Company was advancing up a ridge against stubborn resistance from Chinese Communist Forces. A marine from the company's point platoon was wounded, and fell in an exposed position. DE WERT unhesitatingly rushed forward, treated the man's wounds, and carried him to safety. He then immediately answered a second call for aid, although himself wounded in the leg. Ignoring his injury, and despitethe waming of his shipmates, DE WERT moved forward a third time through intense enemy gunfire. Wounded a second time, in the shoulder, DE WERT arrived to find the marine already dead. Hearing the call of a fourth comrade, DE WERT again ignored his own wounds and bravely moved through the exposed area. While tending to the fourth marine, DE WERT was killed by a burst of ,enemy machine gun fire. Hospitalman Richard DE WERT was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, which was presented to his mother, Mrs. Evelyn H. DE WERT, by Secretary of the Navy, Dan A. Kimball on 27 May 1952. USS DE WERT CFFG 455 is the first ship to bear his name. USS DEWERT if 3