President Awards Posthumous Medal of Honor To Vietnam-era Soldier -- US Department of Defense
WASHINGTON, May 16, 2012 – President Barack Obama paid tribute today to a man who died defending his fellow soldiers 42 years and six days ago, and who the commander-in-chief said represents a generation’s honorable and undervalued service.
During a White House ceremony, the president awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry, recognizing Army Spc. Leslie H. Sabo Jr., a rifleman with the 101st Airborne Division who was killed in eastern Cambodia during the Vietnam War. Sabo’s widow, Rose Mary Sabo-Brown, accepted the award. His brother, George Sabo, also attended the ceremony.
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