MSG Roger W. Sassman, 78, TX Army National Guard (Ret), Pflugerville, TX, 24 Mar 25

[markwells]

Confirmed Mission: The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to participate in the funeral service for MSG Roger Wayne Sassman. MSG Sassman enlisted in the TX Army National Guard in August 1965 and served for 37 years.

More about his life can be read here.

Date/Time: Monday, 24 March 2024. Graveside service scheduled for 10 am.

Location: Cook Walden Memorial Hill Cemetery, 14501 N Interstate Hwy 35, Pflugerville, TX 7866. We will stage at the cemetery.  map link.

Timeline:
9:00 – 9:45 am – Staging
9:45 am – Briefing
10:00 am – Flag Line

Wx: Mostly sunny, high 80 deg

Notes: This will be a flag line only for the graveside service at the cemetery. His family will be burying his urn in the family plot.

Ride Captain: Gary Mayers, texanat6@aol.com, 512-797-6613
Flag Wrangler: Gary Mayers

Please attend to honor the long and faithful service of this soldier to our country.

[Gary Mayers]

On this beautiful morning 6 patriot Guard Riders showed up to honor MSG Roger Wayne Sassman.

This was a very small ceremony with family members only. A few words were said about Roger and many pictures were taken. This is the first mission that I have been to where they put the ashes into a small vault to go into a small burial plot. Members of the family went up to shovel dirt into the hole to cover the vault.

Rogers’s daughter Stephanie visited each Patriot guard rider to thank them for being there to honor her dad.

We pulled the flags and quietly departed. I thanked all the riders for making this mission and to have a safe trip home.

Honor to a 37 year veteran. Roger is laid to rest beside his Mother and Father. Thank you for your service and may you rest in peace.

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