SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A step in the process to rename the U.S. Post Office in Goleta for an honored U.S. Marine came together Friday morning at the Veterans Memorial Building in Santa Barbara.
Brigadier General Frederick R. Lopez heard the update from Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-California) who said he was, “just ecstatic that I am able to do this because he represents the best of the best.”
Lopez was with his family, friends, and military members who have known of his many accomplishments in command positions for years since he was in Vietnam as a young soldier in the 1960s.
His uniform tells a story of answering the many calls to duty for his country in every role he was assigned to do or volunteered to do.
Among the honors read off by Carbajal, “distinguished service medal, Navy commendation medal, national defense service medal, and many other accolades. Not bad for a kid from the Central Coast!”
Lopez has lived and gone to school throughout the Central Coast beyond the Santa Barbara and Goleta area. He went to high school in Lompoc and college at Cal Poly.