Army Spc. 4 Leslie Sabo 101st AB - May 10, 1970

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Leslie H. Sabo Jr., the nation's newest Medal of Honor recipient, died in a Cambodian jungle on May 10, 1970, after a daylong battle in which he tried to save his fellow soldiers during a North Vietnamese ambush. The 22-year-old rifleman from Elwood City, Pa., distributed ammunition while under attack and threw himself onto a wounded comrade to shield him from a grenade blast. He then charged the enemy position, drawing fire away from his unit, killing several North Vietnamese soldiers and causing others to retreat. He got close enough to take out a bunker with a grenade, but the resulting blast killed him. The "Mother's Day ambush" killed seven of Sabo's 101st Airborne Division men.

President Barack Obama presented the Medal of Honor to Sabo's widow, Rose Mary Sabo-Brown, in a White House ceremony on May 16, also attended by his brother, George Sabo, and about 50 men from his unit, Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment.

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