LAWRENCE K. LARZALERE, 1LT, USAF
Lawrence Larzalere '55
Lawrence Keight Larzalere was admitted to the Naval Academy from Hays, Kansas on July 7, 1951 at age 20 years 11 months.
He "voluntarily resigned" on September 25, 1951.
Photographs
Photo courtesy Lawrence's niece, Jeanne Bloom.
Loss
Holland Evening Sentinel: "Victims Identified SEOUL (UPI) -- The names of two Thunderjet pilots killed Sunday in a collision were released by the Fifth Air Force today. Second Lieutenants Joe Mayo Francis, Jr., of Roanoke, Va. and Lawrence Larzalere, of Hays Kan., died when their jets smashed into each other during a routine training flight near Taegu Korea."
Other Information
In 1948 Lawrence attended Hays high school, Hays, KS. His older brother graduated there in 1946.
From his father's obituary:
LTC Robert "Bob" Leland Larzalere, USA (Ret)] passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, in Fort Collins, Colorado. Bob, the son of August "Gus" William and Myrtle Beck Larzalere was born on December 1, 1928 in Minneapolis, Kansas. Bob was the middle child of three sons. His brothers were pilots in the armed forces and both died going down with their aircraft: Charles Reid Larzalere '47 at Pensacola, Florida in 1950 and 1st Lt. Lawrence Keith Larzalere in Korea in 1954.
Unable to find him in the 1952 or 1953 Register of Commissioned Officers of the US Air Force.
Jeanne, who provided the photo above, is daughter of Robert Leland Larzalere. He was the middle son; Lawrence was the youngest, and the oldest was Charles Larzalere '47.
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Charles Larzalere '47 was his older brother.
Memorial Hall Error
Lawrence's inclusion on the killed in action panel in the front of Memorial Hall is in error: The description of his loss indicates that it was a routine training flight, and neither he nor the other pilot are listed in the Korean Air War Loss Database.
Lawrence is one of 34 members of the Class of 1955 on Virtual Memorial Hall.
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