Barry Sadler
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Barry Sadler (November 1, 1940 – September 8, 1989) was an American solider, whom in 1966 recorded a song called "The Ballad of The Green Berets", which was the biggest selling song that year, he later helped write the "Casca" series of books. He died after being shot in the head, shortly after serving a prison sentence.