While today is a time to honor ALL who served. there is one American soldier who has a unique connection with Veterans Day. Staff Sergeant Charles Douglas Sawyers of Yukon, West Virginia, was born on Veterans Day, and died serving his country in Vietnam on Veterans Day. Staff Sergeant Sawyers was born Nov. 11, 1942. He and five other combat engineers died in an ambush while working on a road on Nov. 11, 1967, his 25th birthday. He is buried at the Elwood Cemetery in Lorain, Ohio. Sergeant Sawyers is one of 162 Americans who died in Vietnam on Veterans Day.
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