Medal of Honor Recipient
First Sergeant, United States Army, Company A, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. Place and Date: Near Phu Hoa Dong, Republic of Vietnam, 26 February 1967. Place and Date: January 29, 1932, Lodi, California. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. On February 26, 1967, First Sergeant Yabes distinguished himself with Company A, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry, which was providing security for a land clearing operation near Phu Hoa Dong, Republic of Vietnam. Early that morning the company suddenly came under intense automatic weapons and mortar fire followed by a battalion-sized assault from three sides. Penetrating the defensive perimeter the enemy advanced on the company command post bunker. The command post received increasingly heavy fire and was in danger of being overwhelmed. When several enemy grenades landed within the command post, First Sergeant Yabes shouted a warning and used his body as a shield to protect others in the bunker. Although painfully wounded by numerous grenade fragments, and despite the vicious enemy fire on the bunker, he remained there to provide covering fire and enable the others in the command group to relocate. When the command group had reached a new position, First Sergeant Yabes moved through a withering hail of enemyHM Number | HM26XH |
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Date Added | Monday, April 16th, 2018 at 10:02pm PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 10T E 543581 N 4843012 |
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Decimal Degrees | 43.73886667, -122.45878333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 43° 44.332', W 122° 27.527' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 43° 44' 19.92" N, 122° 27' 31.62" W |
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