SSG Ronald Sagers

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Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 7/17/2010 at 09:27:20

Jackson Sentinel, May 28, 1970

Staff Sergeant Ronald Sagers Killed In Cambodia

Staff Sergeant Ronald Sagers, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Sagers of Route 1, Maquoketa, was killed Friday in Cambodia. His parents and his wife of slightly over a year, Mrs. Lynne Buell Sagers of Dubuque, were notified by the Defense Department Monday that Sgt. Sagers had been killed in hostile action last Friday while on a mission in the Fishhook region of Cambodia. Sgt. Sagers was with the First Air Cavalry Division, and was among the first U. S. troops to enter Cambodia on May 1.

A 1964 graduate of Maquoketa Community High School, he was a star athlete, outstanding wrestler, served as class officer, student council member and was active in vocal music. He graduated in 1968 from the University of Dubuque where he lettered in wrestling for four years. He was a member of the Atheneaen Fraternity. Prior to being drafted in October of 1968, Sgt. Sagers held a management trainee position in a Dubuque shopping center. Sgt. Sagers went to Vietnam in November, 1969. Scheduled for discharge in October 1970, he was eligible for Rest and Recreation in early June.

Surviving are his wife Lynne, a senior at Wisconsin State University at Platteville, his parents, one brother, Larry of Maquoketa, his grandmother, Mrs. Eddie Sagers of Maquoketa, three nieces and one nephew. Funeral arrangements are pending at Carsons Funeral Home in Maquoketa.

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