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Barry Allen Sadler (November 1, 1940 – November 5, 1989) was an American soldier, singer-songwriter and author. Sadler served as a Green Beret medic, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant. He served in the Vietnam War from late December 1964 to late May 1965.
Nov 6, 1989 · Barry Sadler, who co-wrote and sang the hit Vietnam War-era ``Ballad of the Green Berets,'' died 14 months after being shot in Guatemala, where he reportedly was trainng anti-communist Contra fighters. He was 49.
Nov 6, 1989 · Barry Sadler, a former combat medic with the United States Special Forces in Vietnam who recorded ''The Ballad of the Green Berets,'' died today. He was 49 years old.
Barry Sadler (born November 1, 1940, Carlsbad, New Mexico, U.S.—died November 5, 1989, Murfreesboro, Tennessee) was an American soldier, singer, songwriter, and pulp-fiction author who is principally remembered for his best-selling song “ The Ballad of the Green Berets.”
Feb 26, 2013 · Mix - SSgt Barry Sadler - The Ballad Of The Green Berets. Jimmy Dean, Johnny Cash, Jeannie C. Riley, and more.
Written and performed by Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler, it was one of the few popular songs of the Vietnam War years to cast the military in a positive light. Sadler's version became a major hit in January 1966, reaching No. 1 for five weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and four weeks on Cashbox.
Nov 6, 1989 · Singer-songwriter Barry Sadler, who recorded the hit “Ballad of the Green Berets,” died Sunday in a Tennessee hospital.
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