[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 29, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H3899]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING ARMY SPECIALIST ROGER DEARMYER

  (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise on National Vietnam War 
Veterans Day to honor U.S. Army Specialist Roger Dearmyer, a western 
New York native and Purple Heart recipient who passed in December 2021.
  Roger deployed to Vietnam in 1966 with the Fourth Infantry Division 
of the United States Army. Spending much of his deployment in the 
jungles of Vietnam, he was injured in action in April 1967.
  Roger returned home and served as an Erie County sheriff's deputy for 
31 years.
  He remained active in the veteran community as a member of the Fourth 
Infantry Division Association and the Military Order of the Purple 
Heart Chapter 187.
  In 2019, we presented Roger with the medals he earned while serving, 
including a Purple Heart, a Vietnam Service Medal with a triple Bronze 
Star attachment, and a Combat Infantryman Badge.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Roger Dearmyer, a man who 
lived a life of service to his family, his community, and his country.

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