# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-sadler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:26:35.421Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-sadler"
name: "Barry Sadler"
slug: "barry-sadler"
description: "Barry Allen Sadler was an American singer-songwriter and author whose military service influenced his work. After a stint in the United States Air Force, Sadler served in the United States Army as a Green Beret medic, achieving the rank of staff sergeant. He served in the Vietnam War from late December 1964 to late May 1965. Most of his work has a military theme, and he is best known for his patriotic song \"The Ballad of the Green Berets\", a number-one hit in 1966. He died at age 49 after being shot in the head in Guatemala City."
tagline: "American author and musician (1940–1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barry_Sadler.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1940-11-01"
deathDate: "1989-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.15
  momentum:             1.520326431917788
  historical:           13.60776133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0755517/"
    handle:    "nm0755517"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.barrysadler.com/"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5r0O4LLn9wHEuYxKmGzUB5"
    handle:    "5r0O4LLn9wHEuYxKmGzUB5"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "باري سادلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sadler"
    title: "Barry Sadler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sadler"
    title: "Barry Sadler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "بری سدلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sadler"
    title: "Barry Sadler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sadler"
    title: "Barry Sadler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "バリー・サドラー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sadler"
    title: "Barry Sadler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sadler"
    title: "Barry Sadler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sadler"
    title: "Barry Sadler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sadler"
    title: "Barry Sadler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sadler"
    title: "Barry Sadler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%B3%DB%8C%DA%88%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "بیری سیڈلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q809093"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1238860"
    title: "Barry Sadler"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump