SP4 Leslie H. Sabo Jr. distinguished himself, May 10, 1970, in Se San, Cambodia, while serving as a rifleman in Company B, 3d Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division.
Members of B. Co. were ambushed by a large enemy force. While conducting a reconnaissance patrol, 22-year-old Sabo, charged an enemy position, killing several enemy soldiers. Immediately thereafter, he assaulted an enemy flanking force, successfully drawing their fire away from friendly soldiers and ultimately forcing the enemy to retreat.
When a grenade landed nearby a wounded comrade, Sabo picked up the grenade threw it away while shielding his buddy with his own body, thus absorbing the brunt of the blast and saving the man's life.
Seriously wounded by the blast, Sabo, nonetheless, retained the initiative and single- handedly charged an enemy bunker that had inflicted severe damage on the platoon. He received several serious wounds from withering automatic weapons fire in the process. Despite being mortally injured, he crawled towards the enemy emplacement and, when in position, threw a grenade into the bunker. The resulting explosion silenced the enemy fire, but also ended Spc. 4 Sabo's life.
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Sabo inducted into Hall of Heroes
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Resources
- Medal of Honor Citation for Specialist Four Leslie H. Sabo Jr.
- STAND-TO!: Vietnam War Soldier posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
- Service & Awards
- White House announcement
- 17 Soldiers killed in action in Vietnam
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial - The Virtual Wall
- 506th Infantry Regiment
- Army.mil: Medal of Honor
- Vietnam War Medal of Honor Recipient Major Bruce P. Crandall
- STAND-TO!: Army Values
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External Media
- Video: Leslie Sabo to receive Medal of Honor (MSNBC)
- Soldier to receive posthumous Medal of Honor for heroic actions in 1970 Cambodia battle (MSNBC)
- Long, winding road from heroism to Medal of Honor (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- Pennsylvania Soldier to get Medal of Honor 42 years after his death (Washington Post)
- Soldier to receive posthumous Medal of Honor for heroic actions in 1970 Cambodia battle (Huffington Post)
- Vietnam War hero Spc. Leslie H. Sabo Jr. to get posthumous Medal of Honor (Fox News)
- Dead Soldier to receive Medal of Honor (UPI)
- Soldier to receive posthumous Medal of Honor (Army Times)
- Ellwood city Soldier posthumously awarded Medal of Honor (CBS Local (Pittsburgh KDKA) )
- 101st Soldier to receive posthumous Medal of Honor for actions in Cambodia (Clarksville Leaf Chronicle)
- Vietnam veteran to be awarded Medal of Honor (Stars & Stripes)
- Local man awarded Medal of Honor (Times Online)
- Leslie Sabo gets Medal of Honor from Vietnam War (San Francisco Chronicle)
- 40 years late, Vietnam hero Leslie Sabo gets Medal of Honor (ABC News)
- Video: Medal of Honor awarded to Leslie Sabo (CBS News)
- Four decades later, Vietnam War Hero Spec. Leslie Sabo receives Medal of Honor (Yahoo)
- Vietnam veteran Leslie Sabo, Jr. to receive Medal of Honor posthumously (Fox News)
- Leslie H. Sabo Jr., hero killed in Vietnam War, receiving Medal Of Honor from Obama (Huffington Post)
- 42 years later, Obama awards Sgt. Leslie H. Sabo Jr. the Medal of Honor (The Inquisitor)
- 40 years late, Vietnam Hero Leslie Sabo gets Medal of Honor (WEJA Hits)
- Sabo, killed in 1970, finally gets Medal of Honor (Jackson Sun)
- Archdale vet remembers Medal of Honor recipient (My Fox 8)
- Leslie Sabo: A tTrue American hero (The Moderate Voice)
- Family of soldier to receive Medal of Honor (Marine Times)
- Obama gives Medal of Honor to Soldier who died 42 years ago (KGMI)
- Video: SPC Sabo inducted into Pentagon's Hall of Heroes (The Leaf Chronicle)
- Her husband, a hero lost for the lives of others (NPR)
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