Larry Thomas Walton served in the U.S. Army for 1 year and 11 months. Larry served during the years of the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
Patrolman Larry Walton was shot and killed after stopping a speeding vehicle in Robeson County. A Rowland police officer found him lying in a ditch beside his patrol car on State Road 130, five miles west of Rowland and close to the South Carolina state line. He had been shot five times. A man was arrested the next day and charged with Patrolman Walton's murder. He had been released from prison two months earlier after serving five years for manslaughter. He was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life on March 21st, 1973. He died in prison December 10th, 2015. Patrolman Walton was a U.S Army veteran and had served with the North Carolina Highway Patrol for less than two years.
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In tribute
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Walton gave the North Carolina Highway Patrol 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the people of North Carolina, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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