Thank You Larry - THANK YOU!

We Live in The Land of The Free, Only Because of The Brave. Speak Softly, When You Mention His Name.

Lawrence Lee Fullaway

It matters not, what anyone may have thought then or may think now about that war in Vietnam, Larry gave his life there while in service to our nation and although that war is now but a distant memory, Larry was first a member of our Ingraham Class of 1964. Larry shall remain, a member of our extended family.

In a class the size of ours, over 750 students, it was impossible to know everyone. All of us had our own circle of friends and so it was for Larry too. Thus, many of us did not personally know Larry.

Larry was 23 years old and was married. He was born on February 16th, 1945 in Seattle, Washington. Most recently, (2008) we learned that Larry is survived by a brother, 2 sisters and his mother. Larry served our country for 2 years.

Larry, "SP5 Fullaway" is on panel 49E, line 021 of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. In of self sacrifice and In his memory, Larry's name also appears on a hallowed wall at Ingraham High School and where generations of students shall be reminded of how important Larry was.

In honor of him and his family, we the students, of the Ingraham Graduation Class of 1964, preserve these thoughts in recognition of him, a true hero.

We provide now, a copy of a researchers military report from "Faces From The Wall."

336th Assault Helicopter Co...Unit Report

On 26 Mar 1968, the Warriors went on a "snake hunt" at Rach Gia. Shortly before dark Cpt. Hoover put in 40 troops to look for an arms cache. Two ship loads of arms and ammunition were found and two Warriors went in to get it. The first helicopter received fire as they lifted off with their load of explosives. Two men were hit by bullets, neither seriously injured.

The second aircraft piloted by WO Don Klotz and WO Robert Offutt went into the LZ to pick up the remainder of the cache. Heavy fire was received and SP5 Lawrence Fullaway, the ship's gunner, was seriously wounded in the back. WO Klotz was also hit by shrapnel in the neck and leg. The aircraft made it back to the staging area, where maintenance quickly determined that it was was un-flyable. The ship had a total of 27 bullet holes in it!

Bruce Swander, Vietnam Researcher, reports that Lawrence Fullaway was taken to a field hospital with wounds that were to later prove fatal. Some of the men he served with were not aware that on 04/11/68, Larry died from these wounds.

Also on the Unit Report was a promotion list and SP5 Lawrence Fullaway was listed as receiving a promotion during the month of March. Unit notes and researcher comments

The Virtual Wall Remembrances For Lawrence Lee Fullaway.