On this day in Music History - Sept. 7, 1988 Barry Sadler, who scored a huge 1966 hit with "Ballad Of The Green Berets", is shot while riding in a Guatemala City taxi. Whether someone shot him or the pistol he carried accidentally discharged, will probably never be known. Sadler was hospitalized for fourteen months before dying of his injuries. | Johnny Rock and Roll Radio

Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler: Ballads of the Green Berets | The Giant Killer

https://whentcowboysings.com/ 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" | When The Cowboy Sings And Newhillbilly