The family and the USMC have invited the Patriot Guard Riders to attend services for LCpl Carlos Segovia Lopez and honor him for his service to our country, we would be honored to do so.
LCpl Carlos Segovia Lopez, 19 years of age, served proudly in the U. S. Marine Corps for 6 months, he was currently assigned to a student reconnaissance training company at Camp Pendleton. He was home on leave in Los Angeles when he was shot by an unknown assailant and later succumbed to his injuries.
Carlos was a very giving person who had a dream of becoming a Marine and serving his country. His final act of giving was donating his organs so that others can live. The PGR was there on 22 SEP 16 at the hospital to line the hallways along with his brother Marines when he was taken off life support and wheeled to the operating room for his final gift to others. This young Marine exemplified the true meaning of the word "Hero" in more ways than one.
In his home town Carlos led a youth group called Teen Project, which worked with youth to finish school. He also worked with LA Cloud 9 to provide services to the homeless and animals in his community.
Thus far, the USMC has held a memorial at Camp Pendleton in his honor, and the community has held a vigil at the location where he was shot.
NOTE: This mission posting is to facilitate your voluntary participation in honoring this American Hero. For those interested, and all are welcome, we will be accompanying the hero and his family from the church services to his final resting place. Please see the time table if you would like to participate. For those who would rather go directly to the cemetery, we will meet you there.
IMPORTANT: If you do not wish to join the accompany and prefer to meet at the cemetery, please form a flag line at the entrance to the cemetery arriving NO LATER THAN 1100 hrs awaiting the procession. Time Table for Wednesday, 05 OCT 2016:0945 - Stage Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, 555 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
http://goo.gl/Ygyh9c Please arrive quietly as service will be in progress1015 - Mission Briefing
1045 - Flag line for dignified transfer of Hero to coach
1100 - KSU to Los Angeles National Cemetery, 950 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
http://goo.gl/XunDqq (approximately 15 miles)
1130 - Flag line and military honors
Ride Captain
Ken HolstSurfside, CA
562.972.7882
ca2whlcruzr@gmail.com
Ride Captain
Paul (PeaceKeeper) AndersonDowney, CA
310.717.3656
PeaceKeeper1944@gmail.com
You do not have to be a Veteran or a motorcycle rider to attend this mission. Everyone is welcome. We encourage those who do not ride to attend in your car. If this will be your first mission, go to the staging area and you will be briefed there by the R/C (Ride Captain). Dress for motorcycle riding or dress casually if you are driving a cage (car). Please ride/drive safely.
Please post your condolences for the family at the National link:
https://www.patriotguard.org/showthread.php?422950
