Baldomero Lopez was a First Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for smothering a hand grenade with his own body during the Inchon Landing, on September 15 1950. Baldomero Lopez was born in Tampa Bay, Florida. He was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy, and upon graduating June 6, 1947, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He attended The Basic School at Quantico, Virginia, … Wikipedia
First Lieutenant Lopez and his platoon were engaged in the reduction of immediate enemy beach defenses after landing with the assault waves during the Inchon invasion in Korea. www.homeofheroes.com/gravesites/states/pages_go/lopez_bal...
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