Richard De Wert
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Died when: 19 years 139 days (232 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Richard David De Wert (November 17, 1931 – April 5, 1951) was a United States Navy hospital corpsman who was killed in action during the Korean War while serving with a Marine Corps rifle company.
He was posthumously awarded the nation's highest military decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for heroic actions "above and beyond the call of duty" on April 5, 1951, in South Korea.
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