Maximo Yabes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Date of Birth: 29-Jan-1932
Place of Birth: Lodi, California, United States
Date of Death: 26-Feb-1967
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Maximo Yabes
- First Sergeant Maximo Yabes (January 29, 1932 – February 26, 1967) born in Lodi, California, was a United States Army soldier who posthumously received the Medal of Honor — the United States' highest military decoration — for his actions near Phu Hoa Dong in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
- Yabes distinguished himself when he used his body as a shield to protect others in a bunker, moved two wounded men to a safer position where they could be given medical treatment and destroyed an enemy machine gun position before being mortally wounded.
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