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    • Mar 26, 1966
    Sgt. Barry Sadler's "Ballads Of The Green Berets" rises to the top spot on the Billboard country albums chart
    Apr 2, 1966
    Sgt. Barry Sadler performs "The Ballad Of The Green Berets" on ABC-TV's music series "The Hollywood Palace"
    Nov 19, 1966
    Sgt. Barry Sadler performs "The Ballad Of The Green Berets" during halftime at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, where the Michigan Wolverines defeat the Ohio State Buckeyes, 17-3, in NCAA football
    May 7, 1967
    Sgt. Barry Sadler receives an honorary discharge from the Army at Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, North Carolina, more than a year after he had a million-selling single with "The Ballad Of The Green Berets"
    Jul 4, 1968
    The John Wayne movie "The Green Berets" premieres in Atlanta. The Vietnam War film's theme song is Barry Sadler's "The Ballad Of The Green Berets," performed by a male chorus. The cast includes former hitmaker Cactus Pryor
    Dec 1, 1978
    Sgt. Barry Sadler shoots and kills songwriter Lee Emerson in a dispute that involves 25-year-old Darlene Sharp. He is found guilty of murder, though he serves only 22 days. Emerson wrote hits for Carl Smith, Marty Robbins and Porter Wagoner
    Jan 12, 1979
    Barry Sadler's truck slides off a slick freeway ramp that connects I-75 with I-285 outside Atlanta. The wreckage includes dozens of empty ammunition boxes. Sadler is not significantly hurt
    Jun 1, 1979
    Sgt. Barry Sadler is charged in Nashville with the December 1 shooting death of songwriter Lee Emerson. Sadler says he shot Emerson, also known as Lee Bellamy, in self-defense while trying to protect 25-year-old Darlene Sharp
    Sep 7, 1988
    Sgt. Barry Sadler is shot in the head in Guatemala City in what is believed to be an attempted robbery as he gets into a taxi. He lives for more than a year afterward
    Nov 5, 1989
    Sgt. Barry Sadler dies of heart failure at the Alvin C. York Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, a year after he was shot in the head. He earned a major hit in 1966 with "The Ballad Of The Green Berets"
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