Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa18 February 1944 Ropa rakanga richishumira mu22nd Marine Regiment apo rakasvika paEngebi Island sechikamu chekupinda kweEniwetok Atoll
. Paakanga achitungamirira boka rake mukupamba munzvimbo yakavhurika mukutarisana nemoto wakaoma wechiJapan wemapfuti, zvombo zvehondo, uye pfuti kuti abvise maJapan akadzika midzi, akaurayiwa muhondo. Akapiwa posthumously Silver Star nePurple Heart.