Lucky Bag Yearbook

From the 1952 Lucky Bag:

Maurice I. Lallement

Micky thundered into the quiet life of the Academy from college in Wichita, Kansas. Almost from the start, he was dubbed the “Monk” in honor of his basso shower voice and playful antics. Monk reached the saturation point in the field of athletics flat on his back in the upper wrestling loft, flexing his rubber tire. Not to be outdone in the art of crest trading, he finally settled for a certain Wichita beauty who kept his heart pounding. Monk’s likable personality and humor should find him many friends when he enters the Naval Air Corps.

Loss

Maurice died on January 6, 1954 at the Brooke Army Hospital, Texas, “as a result of a plane crash on November 5, 1953 at Luke AFB, near Phoenix, Arizona.” (From April 1954 issue of Shipmate.) He was a member of the 443rd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron.

Other Information

From researcher Kathy Franz:

Maurice (middle name Italo) graduated from East High in 1947 and attended the University of Wichita for one year where he was a member of Alpha Gamma Gamma. He was appointed to the Naval Academy by Congressman Ed H. Rees. He was a member of Blessed Sacrament parish.

He married Mary Merritt in June 1952.

He was additionally survived by his parents, Lawrence and Alice; sisters Martha and Anita, and brothers Melvin and Lawrence. His father was a manager for a wholesale creamery in 1940. In Maurice’s year at the University of Wichita, also attending were his sisters Martha and Anita, and brother Lawrence.

Maurice is buried in Kansas. He was survived by his wife and 6-month-old daughter, Mary Gwyn, who were living in Wichita, Kansas.

Photographs

From the Evening Eagle on November 6, 1953

From The Wichita Eagle on January 2, 1949. "Christmas party 1948, Wichita, Kansas." Forrest Ramsey '52, Don Griffing '52, Stan Counts '49, Maurice Lallement, and Jack Pohlman '52.

From ancestry.com

Wichita State University, 1948. From ancestry.com