A&M to add 8th Medal of Honor Winner to Hall of Honor

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Clarence E. Sasser, who was presented the Medal of Honor in 1969 for his service in Vietnam and subsequently attended Texas A&M University on a scholarship offered by then President James Earl Rudder, will have his name and likeness added to the university’s Medal of Honor Hall of Honor.

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Following his military service, he enrolled at Texas A&M as a chemistry major in August 1969. Like some of the other Aggie recipients of the Medal of Honor, he did not graduate from Texas A&M, but university officials say Sasser embodies all that the Hall of Honor represents. They add that generations of Aggies will have an opportunity to learn about Sasser’s courage, along with the other seven Medal of Honor recipients who have served the nation with distinction. Like the others, Sasser’s name, likeness and a brief description of the reason he was presented the Medal of Honor will hang in the Hall of Honor for all to see.

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On Jan. 10, 1968, Sasser, an Army medic, was helping evacuate soldiers wounded in a helicopter crash in a flooded rice paddy. While under fire, he carried one of the wounded to cover and returned for more. Sasser continued to help his fellow soldiers despite running out of supplies and sustaining wounds in both his legs. In an interview in 1968, Sasser was asked if he waded into the marsh to get all the wounded. “Everyone that I could,” he replied, “whether or not I had medical supplies. If they called, I went after them.”

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