Lawrence "Larry" Virgilio was born on April 16, 1942 and was one of three sons born to Anthony Nicholas and Caroline Rose Virgilio in Camden, New Jersey. His two brothers were Nicholas A. and Anthony Nicholas "Little Nick" Virgilio. He graduated from Camden High School and Lincoln Preparatory School Corporal in Philadelphia, PA. Virgilio enlisted in 1966 and served with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, III MAF. He was killed in action by a bullet wound to the head on July 24, 1967.
Larry was a younger brother of internationally-famed haiku master poet Nicholas (Nick) Virgilio whose archives are housed at Rutgers University. Some of the haiku that Nick Virgilio wrote to memorialize and to express his emotional response to his brother Larry's death in Vietnam are:
deep in rank grass
through a bullet - riddled helmet:
an unknown flower
-In memory of Lawrence J. Virgilio
telegram in hand
the shadow of the marine
darkens our screen door
the autumn wind
has torn the telegram and more
from mother's hand
flag - covered coffin:
the shadow of the bugler
slips into the grave
sixteenth autumn since:
barely visible grease marks
where he parked his car
All poems from Selected Haiku, Burnt Lake Press, copyright 1985 by Nicholas A. Virgilio.
Larry was a younger brother of internationally-famed haiku master poet Nicholas (Nick) Virgilio whose archives are housed at Rutgers University. Some of the haiku that Nick Virgilio wrote to memorialize and to express his emotional response to his brother Larry's death in Vietnam are:
deep in rank grass
through a bullet - riddled helmet:
an unknown flower
-In memory of Lawrence J. Virgilio
telegram in hand
the shadow of the marine
darkens our screen door
the autumn wind
has torn the telegram and more
from mother's hand
flag - covered coffin:
the shadow of the bugler
slips into the grave
sixteenth autumn since:
barely visible grease marks
where he parked his car
All poems from Selected Haiku, Burnt Lake Press, copyright 1985 by Nicholas A. Virgilio.
Lawrence "Larry" Virgilio was born on April 16, 1942 and was one of three sons born to Anthony Nicholas and Caroline Rose Virgilio in Camden, New Jersey. His two brothers were Nicholas A. and Anthony Nicholas "Little Nick" Virgilio. He graduated from Camden High School and Lincoln Preparatory School Corporal in Philadelphia, PA. Virgilio enlisted in 1966 and served with Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, III MAF. He was killed in action by a bullet wound to the head on July 24, 1967.
Larry was a younger brother of internationally-famed haiku master poet Nicholas (Nick) Virgilio whose archives are housed at Rutgers University. Some of the haiku that Nick Virgilio wrote to memorialize and to express his emotional response to his brother Larry's death in Vietnam are:
deep in rank grass
through a bullet - riddled helmet:
an unknown flower
-In memory of Lawrence J. Virgilio
telegram in hand
the shadow of the marine
darkens our screen door
the autumn wind
has torn the telegram and more
from mother's hand
flag - covered coffin:
the shadow of the bugler
slips into the grave
sixteenth autumn since:
barely visible grease marks
where he parked his car
All poems from Selected Haiku, Burnt Lake Press, copyright 1985 by Nicholas A. Virgilio.
Larry was a younger brother of internationally-famed haiku master poet Nicholas (Nick) Virgilio whose archives are housed at Rutgers University. Some of the haiku that Nick Virgilio wrote to memorialize and to express his emotional response to his brother Larry's death in Vietnam are:
deep in rank grass
through a bullet - riddled helmet:
an unknown flower
-In memory of Lawrence J. Virgilio
telegram in hand
the shadow of the marine
darkens our screen door
the autumn wind
has torn the telegram and more
from mother's hand
flag - covered coffin:
the shadow of the bugler
slips into the grave
sixteenth autumn since:
barely visible grease marks
where he parked his car
All poems from Selected Haiku, Burnt Lake Press, copyright 1985 by Nicholas A. Virgilio.
Gravesite Details
http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/53788/LAWRENCE-J-VIRGILIO http://www.njvvmf.org/faces/bio/2277
