Soon, when Marinites mail a package in Inverness, they may be USPSing from the "Specialist Jake Robert Velloza Post Office."

On Monday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 793, Rep. Lynn Woolsey's bill to name the postal facility at 12781 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. after Velloza, the 22-year-old Inverness resident killed in Iraq in 2009.

Speaking on the floor of the House, Woolsey urged the Senate to quickly pass the bill and send it to President Obama for approval.

"Jake Velloza was a courageous young man with a bright future and big dreams. He exemplified the very best America has to offer," said Woolsey, a staunch opponent of the war. "By putting his name on a public building in his community, we can ensure that Jake's legacy of service and sacrifice endures."

Velloza was born in Santa Rosa in 1986, and grew up in Inverness, the son of Bob and Susan Velloza. He enlisted in the Army in 2006 and was serving his second tour in Iraq when he and another soldier were killed in an attack carried out by a pair of gunman—eventually identified as Iraqi soldiers—just north of Baghdad.

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