Sabo, Jr. distinguished himself by conspicuous acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty at the cost of his own life while serving as a rifleman in Company B, 3rd Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division in Se San, Cambodia, May 10th, 1970.

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In return, it gets a portion of the silver for the life of the mine at a fixed cost.

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In both cases, victory came at the cost of weeks of fighting and some loss of life.

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