Larry Brent Curttright

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19 Apr 2004 Larry and I met while stationed together at Fort Meade, Maryland, while he was in the 11th Cavalry and I was at Kimbrough Army Hospital where I worked in surgery. Larry and I were to have married when he returned from Vietnam. We had an infant son together before he left for Nam, a son who was later killed in an accident. Larry and Jamie are always with me. Loving you still and always, Becky 28 Feb 2005 My Dearest Larry, Another year has gone by and this date has come again, the year like all the others so long and yet so quickly past, today has come once more so quickly. I sit and think of you and of us, I touch your pictures, your dog tags and the field jacket left behind, and I can close my eyes and feel you here, always so near that I sometimes know I feel your touch and feel you so tenderly brush away my tears, if only I could reach out and touch you, hold you just for a moment here. I know you know because by your hand your beloved sisters, Maxine and Linda were brought together with me just in this past year. They sent more pictures, and the moment I opened them I knew that in the ones of you so young our dear son I would once again see. You and he so much the same little boy smiling back. The ones of you the man I knew, so hard to bear, so many tears anew. Larry, I so miss and love you. Always. Becky 09 Aug 2005 Happy Birthday, Babe. Your fifty-ninth, thirty-seven birthdays, how can it be so many... I look at your pictures, the last ones we ever got from Nam... You have been gone thirty-six years, and thirty-seven birthdays. Wish we could be together as we had planned forever, you, our son and me. Today once again you and our son are there together, missing you both and loving you forever. Happy Birthday. Love Forever and Ever, Becky 28 Feb 2006 Another year has passed since you have gone away, thirty-seven and yet STILL it seems like only yesterday. Thirty-seven, the age our son would be, and yet I mark the years as though they were just yesterday. I so often wonder who and where would we be today. Would our dreams have come to be, you, our son and me. Now always and STILL forever dreams of what might have been. Memories that will never fade. And STILL even after all this time.......STILL yes, I will ALWAYS REMEMBER and ALWAYS I LOVE YOU.... STILL. Becky 27 May 2006 The Vietnam Traveling Replica Wall came to Portland today, babe. I went and left some things for you along with my tears and my love. I used to ask "Why, God? Why did you take this gentle, wonderful and loving man from us, his family, our young son and myself. And but six years later our beloved little boy. Why, God, Why?" Now I no longer ask "Why" but "When, God, When will I see you both again?". One day soon, my loves, one day soon. I laid my fingers upon your name and through the tears it was as if I felt you touch me back. Always Loving, Remembering, and Missing You Both. Love, Becky 28 Feb 2007 Hi Babe, Yes another year has passed without you in our lives and the pain of you loss has not lessened through the years nor has our love for you. If I had only known, but I still would not have missed the days and months with you, even though I might have missed the pain. I do not often stand at your and our son's grave and weep as often because I know you would not want that for the two of you are not there that you are in a far more wonderful place together. I know you would not have nor would you want it this way but God has his reasons for everything and I have accepted that, even though it does not make it easier. Maxine and I talk together via phone a lot these days and she too as well as everyone in the family loves and misses you and our son. Beyond the tears, heartache and sadness there is the knowledge that you and our little boy are together and that some day soon we will join you. Oh what a glorious and wonderful day that will be. The Candle Still Burns. Love Always, Becky 08 Aug 2007 Yet another birthday for you tomorrow without you here to celebrate, oh how the years have passed so slowly by without you. So Happy Birthday darling, your sixty-first, it does not seem possible, and once again the two yellow roses upon your resting place here on earth will be placed and I will look heaven ward and tell you how much I miss you and how much I love you, that has not and will never change. Kenny Chesney wrote this song last year called "Who You'd Be Today" and its words are the ones that have been in my heart all these years and they are so fitting not only for you but for our son who is with you and for so very very many of the the others whose names are on that black, black Wall. So darling these words and this song are for you on your birthday this year and for our son ... they are the words I carry in my heart always until our someday comes so that you and our son and I will be together again. Sunny days seem to hurt the most, wear the pain like a heavy coat. Feel you everywhere I go. See your smile see your face, hear you laughing in the rain. Still can't believe you're gone. It ain't fair you died so young, like a story that had just begun, but death tore the pages all away. God knows how I miss you, all the hell I've been through, just knowing no one else could take your place. Sometimes I wonder who you'd be today. Would you see the world, would you chase your dreams, settle down with a family, wonder what would you name your babies. Some days the sky's so blue, feel like I can talk to you. I know it must sound crazy. Today Today Today. The only thing that gives me hope is I know I'll see you again someday. Someday By Kenny Chesney I love you and our son and I miss you both and the candle still burns as always. Happy Birthday, Babe. See you both soon. Love Always and Forever, Becky From his fiancee and mother of his son, Rebecca A Doran (Curttright) gsdbeatingscleats01@msn.com Larry as a young soldier. Right, a PFC with the Berlin Brigade. As a tanker in Vietnam. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY HEADQUARTERS, 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION APO San Francisco 96225 15 March 1969 GENERAL ORDERS NUMBER 3349 AWARD OF THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL FOR HEROISM 1. TC 320. The following AWARD is announced posthumously. CURTTRIGHT, LARRY B. RA19814334 Staff Sergeant B Troop, 3d Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 25th Infantry Division Awarded: Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device Date action: 26 January 1969 Theater: Republic of Vietnam Reason: For heroism in connection with military operations against a hostile force: Staff Sergeant Curttwright distinguished himself by heroic actions on 26 January 1969, while serving with B Troop, 3d Squadron, 4th Cavalry in the Republic of Vietnam. While in their night laager position, B Troop came under an intense attack from a large North Vietnamese Regular Army force. During the beginning moments of the battle, Sergeant Curttwright organized his sector's defense and made sure his sector of the perimeter was putting out effective fire. With complete disregard for his own safety Sergeant Curttwright stood atop his vehicle pointing out targets of opportunity to his men, while throwing numerous grenades to beat off the fanatical attackers. On at least one occasion, Sergeant Curttwright's fire silenced an enemy position. His valorous actions contributed immeasurably to the success of the mission and the thwarting of a hostile force. Sergeant Curttwright's personal bravery, aggressiveness and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, the 25th Infantry Division, and the United States Army. Authority: By direction of the President under the provisions of Executive Order 11046, 24 August 1962, AR 672-5-1, and USARV Reg 672-1. FOR THE COMMANDER: ROBERT L. FAIR Colonel, GS Chief of Staff OFFICIAL: J. R. CASEY 1LT, AGC Asst AG DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY HEADQUARTERS, 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION APO San Francisco 96225 16 May 1969 GENERAL ORDERS NUMBER 6909 AWARD OF THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL 1. TC 320. The following AWARD is announced posthumously. CURTTRIGHT, LARRY B. RA19814334 Staff Sergeant B Troop, 3d Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 25th Infantry Division Awarded: Bronze Star Medal (First Oak Leaf Cluster) Date action: 1 October 1968 to 28 February 1969 Theater: Republic of Vietnam Reason: For meritorious service in connection with military operations against a hostile force. Authority: By direction of the President under the provisions of Executive Order 11046, 24 August 1962, AR 672-5-1, and USARV Reg 672-1. FOR THE COMMANDER: ROBERT L. FAIR Colonel, GS Chief of Staff OFFICIAL: S. R. Janis 1LT, AGC Asst AG DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY HEADQUARTERS, 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION APO San Francisco 96225 20 June 1969 GENERAL ORDERS NUMBER 7998 AWARD OF THE SILVER STAR 1. TC 320. The following AWARD is announced posthumously. CURTTRIGHT, LARRY B. RA19814334 Staff Sergeant B Troop, 3d Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 25th Infantry Division Awarded: Silver Star Date action: 28 February 1969 Theater: Republic of Vietnam Reason: For gallantry in action: Staff Sergeant Curttwright distinguished himself by heroic actions on 28 February 1969, while serving as a platoon sergeant with B Troop, 3d Squadron, 4th Cavalry in the Republic of Vietnam. While on a reconnaissance in force mission in a suspected stronghold, elements of B Troop came in contact with a large enemy force in well concealed positions. Immediately, Sergeant Curttwright led his men in an assault of the hostile positions. With complete disregard for his own safety, Sergeant Curttwright exposed himself to the hail of fire as he placed devastating fire on the agressors. As he continued his assault on the enemy positions, Sergeant Curttwright was fatally wounded by a rocket propelled grenade. His valorous actions contributed immeasurably to the success of the mission and the thwarting of a hostile force. Sergeant Curttwright's bravery, aggressiveness, and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, the 25th Infantry Division, and the United States Army. Authority: By direction of the President under the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved 9 July 1918, AR 672-5-1, and USARV Reg 672-1. FOR THE COMMANDER: ROBERT L. FAIR Colonel, GS Chief of Staff OFFICIAL: R. W. DUNCAN MAJ, AGC Adjutant General

A Note from The Virtual Wall B Troop, 3/4th Cavalry, lost two men on 28 Feb 1969, SSG Larry B. Curttright to a rocket-propelled grenade and SFC George F. Evans of Stoughton, Massachusetts, to gunshot wounds.

The point-of-contact for this memorial is his fiancee, Rebecca A Doran (Curttright) gsdbeatingcleats01@msn.com

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 19 Apr 2004
Last updated 08/30/2007