Education
When his military commitment was finished, he enrolled at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University as a chemistry student.
When his military commitment was finished, he enrolled at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University as a chemistry student.
Born in Chenango, Texas, Sasser was a combat medic in the United States Army during the Vietnam war. Drafted into the Army after giving up his college deferment at the University of Houston, Sasser"s Vietnam tour lasted just 51 days. He then worked at an oil refinery for more than five years before being employed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
A statue depicting Sasser in Vietnam was created in 2010 and will be placed in front of the Brazoria County Courthouse.
Without hesitation, Although in agonizing pain and faint from loss of blood.
A member of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, he was a private first class attached to the 3rd Battalion"s Company A when he earned the medal and eventually was promoted to specialist five.