 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Lopez akabatanidza muvengi pakarepo pashure pokumhara nemafungu okurwisa. Akazviratidza amene kumoto womuvengi mukuedza kukanda bhomba romuruoko mumudziyo unodzivirira uyo moto wakanga uchibata rutivi irworwo rwomhenderekedzo. Akakuvadzwa nepfuti yomuvengi ndokukanda girenadhi racho. Asingakwanisi kubata bhomba racho zvakasimba zvakakwana kuti arirase, akasarudza kuzvibayira pane kuisa pangozi upenyu hwevarume vake. Akaisa girenadhi racho pasi pake ndokunzwa kuputika kwaro, nokudaro achiponesa upenyu hwevaaifamba navo. Lopez akasarudzwa nokuda kweMedal of Honor. Lopez zvisinei, akanga asiri iye bedzi mutezo wechiHispanic we5th Marines, 1st Marine Division kuti apiwe Medal of Honor. PFC Eugene Arnold Obregon 19301950, uyo akapindawo muInchon landing, akapiwa posthumously Medal of Honor nokuda kwezviito zvake mazuva 11 pashure pokunge Lopez apa upenyu hwake. Obregon akaurayiwa muhondo apo akashandisa muviri wake kudzivirira mumwe muMarine akakuvadzwa. 