{"id":6874,"date":"2014-06-24T15:49:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-24T19:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/?p=6874"},"modified":"2019-06-24T00:53:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T04:53:02","slug":"carlos-lopez-jr-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/?p=6874","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Lopez Jr, 35"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From the family of Carlos Lopez Jr:<\/p>\n

Carlos Lopez Jr a Laguna Creek High School graduate and Iraq and Afghanistan War Veteran passed away o<\/span>f<\/span>\u00a0self-inflected wounds on June 24<\/span>th<\/span>, 2018<\/span>\u00a0in his apartment located in downtown Los Angeles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carlos Jr.\u00a0<\/span>who lived in Elk Grove\u00a0<\/span>joined the U.S. Army\u00a0<\/span>in 2002,\u00a0<\/span>6 months before<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>Iraq \u2013\u00a0<\/span>Operations Freedom Conflict and was one of the first solders to land in Iraq, which included battles in Baghdad, Najaf, <\/span>a<\/span>n<\/span>d\u00a0<\/span>Fallujah and<\/span>\u00a0later served in Kuwait as a civilian Contractor protecting\u00a0<\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>U.S. Army troops and then called to serve<\/span>\u00a0a tour of\u00a0<\/span>duty\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0Afghanistan<\/span>. \u00a0Carlos Jr.\u00a0<\/span>served\u00a0<\/span>over 37 months in a severe combat environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

His parents Carlos and Juanita\u00a0<\/span>Lopez\u00a0<\/span>stated when returning home from Iraq and\u00a0<\/span>Afghanistan<\/span>\u00a0he was not the same person, very aggressive<\/span>, yet loving to his family<\/span>\u00a0and spoke highly of his \u201c<\/span>B<\/span>attle\u00a0<\/span>Buddies\u201d\u00a0<\/span>in the military.\u00a0<\/span>Although<\/span>\u00a0Carlos Jr. experienced\u00a0<\/span>great military\u00a0<\/span>combat<\/span>\u00a0leading to great\u00a0<\/span>stress from his military experience in the mid-east he was extremely proud of\u00a0<\/span>his military\u00a0<\/span>serv<\/span>ice<\/span>\u00a0to our country and\u00a0<\/span>served\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>great\u00a0<\/span>honor. \u00a0Essentially Carlos Jr.\u00a0<\/span>j<\/span>oined the\u00a0<\/span>U.S.\u00a0<\/span>Army for 2 years but served nearly 5 years<\/span>\u00a0of active duty, and<\/span>\u00a03 tours of duty\u00a0<\/span>nearly\u00a0<\/span>all<\/span>\u00a0his military serv<\/span>ice<\/span>\u00a0in active com<\/span>b<\/span>at zone<\/span>s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After\u00a0<\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>return from\u00a0<\/span>Afghanistan<\/span>\u00a0his 3<\/span>rd<\/span>\u00a0tour of duty<\/span>\u00a0he<\/span>\u00a0attended\u00a0<\/span>Consumes\u00a0<\/span>Community College and majored in Acting and Theater. \u00a0<\/span>Carlos Jr. loved the theater.\u00a0<\/span>This allowed him to play military roles and express his deepest thoughts and feeling while acting on stage. \u00a0Once completed<\/span>\u00a0he left\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>Los Angeles where\u00a0<\/span>he attended\u00a0<\/span>Moorpark Community College\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>, Simi Valley and\u00a0<\/span>a graduate\u00a0<\/span>Los Angele<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0Film School majoring in production.<\/span>\u00a0Carlos Jr. became both an Actor and Film Production\u00a0<\/span>Producer<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>short span of 6 years Carlos Jr. made his mark in Hollywood playing roles in movies and television\u00a0<\/span>including\u00a0<\/span>Winter Soldier, Foot Clan Soldier on Teenage Ninja\u00a0<\/span>Turtles<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>I Carly<\/span>,<\/span>and TV Operation Repo<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>produced<\/span>\u00a0some short films<\/span>\u00a0\u201cbattle\u00a0<\/span>buddies<\/span>\u201d and PTSD\u00a0<\/span>\u201c<\/span>An American\u00a0<\/span>Tragedy<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0where he plays Victor Martinez, who resembles a\u00a0<\/span>true-life<\/span>\u00a0story of a veteran<\/span>\u00a0returning from Iraq suffering from severe Post Traumatic\u00a0<\/span>Stress<\/span>. \u00a0The Lopez\u00a0<\/span>family\u00a0<\/span>plans to\u00a0<\/span>premier<\/span>\u00a0his\u00a0<\/span>movie live at Sacramento Crest Theater soon. \u00a0The movie written and produced by Carlos Jr. won the Best Picture Award for Moorpark film School and the family plans to\u00a0<\/span>premier\u00a0<\/span>the movie<\/span>\u00a0to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carlos Jr. served\u00a0<\/span>his<\/span>\u00a0county honorably as have \u201cthousands\u201d of Veterans and his own words, he was a \u201cSoldier of God.\u201d \u00a0A bible was found near him when he passed.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is\u00a0<\/span>survived\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>his loving parents\u00a0<\/span>Carlos and Juanita Lopez and his sisters Nadia, Jennie and\u00a0<\/span>his brother\u00a0<\/span>Rocky who currently serves in the U<\/span>.<\/span>S. Marine Corps.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Elk Grove Laguna News:\u00a0<\/span>Carlos S Lopez, Jr.\u00a0<\/span>young War Veteran Passed Away due to PTSD<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Weapons Training (Montage) with Carlos Lopez Jr<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Celebration of life: Memorial & Movie Premiere, August 18, 2018\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Add your loved one to the wall<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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From the family of Carlos Lopez Jr: Carlos Lopez Jr a Laguna Creek High School graduate and Iraq and Afghanistan War Veteran passed away of\u00a0self-inflected wounds on June 24th, 2018\u00a0in his apartment located in downtown Los Angeles. Carlos Jr.\u00a0who lived in Elk Grove\u00a0joined the U.S. Army\u00a0in 2002,\u00a06 months before\u00a0the\u00a0Iraq \u2013\u00a0Operations …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-memorial-wall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}