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Clarence Sasser
Clarence Eugene Sasser (born September 12, 1947) is a former United States Army soldier and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Vietnam War.
==Biography==
Born in Chenango, Texas, Sasser was a combat medic in the United States Army during the Vietnam war. He received the medal from President Richard Nixon in 1969 for his actions on January 10, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, Republic of Vietnam. 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.
Drafted into the Army after giving up his college deferment at the University of Houston,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Oral History Interview with SP5 Clarence E. Sasser )〕 Sasser's Vietnam tour lasted just 51 days. When his military commitment was finished, he enrolled at Texas A&M University as a chemistry student. He then worked at an oil refinery for more than five years before being employed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SPECIALIST 5th CLASS CLARENCE EUGENE SASSER )〕
A statue depicting Sasser in Vietnam was created in 2010 and will be placed in front of the Brazoria County Courthouse.〔
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