https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/california-based/matthew-e-matula/ The latest user comments on Matthew E. Matula en-us https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/cole-w-larsen/#c95273 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/cole-w-larsen/#c95273 still missing you every day you will never be forgotten you left a everlasting memory with ever one that met you . love you Sun, 11 Nov 2012 01:19:30 -0800 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/cole-w-larsen/#c69939 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/cole-w-larsen/#c69939 I had the honor of serving with Cole in Iraq. He was an outstanding soldier and a good friend. I remember when he got back from leave, in the chow hall, we talked about the times he spent with his family and how much fun he had on leave. He will never be forgotten. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:02:58 -0800 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/cole-w-larsen/#c56940 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/cole-w-larsen/#c56940 I served with Cole in Iraq and still to this day I remember him. We were in different platoons but very rarely when I saw him was he not joking around and putting a smile on everyone's face. He was a great soldier that will be remembered by many of his brothers and sisters in arms. Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:32:25 -0700 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/cole-w-larsen/#c55529 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/cole-w-larsen/#c55529 It's been seven years now but it's seems like just yesterday when we went to Downtown Disney when Cole was on leave in 2004. While he loved being with his family he seemed to long to get back to work in Iraq. We love you Cole and miss you. Thank you so much for everything you've meant to our family and for your service to our country! We love you. Uncle Steve, Aunt Shari, Kyle and Trevor Engel Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:30:13 -0700 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/cole-w-larsen/#c18373 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/cole-w-larsen/#c18373 I was a good friend of Cole's. I met him freshman year, we had two classes together. I had at least two classes with him every semester all four years of high school. Many times I told people that Cole was the funniest person I knew! that guy had his own humor that nobody else could match. Some say that I am pretty funny too so when me and Cole had classes together, oh man we had people laughing all day! he kept a straight face too when he said funny stuff, which to me...made his humor even better. Cole was one of my favorite people I went to school with. -Love ya and Miss ya Cole. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:13:32 -0700 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/cole-w-larsen/#c18198 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/cole-w-larsen/#c18198 Hello, I am with the Home of the Brave Quilt project and am looking for the parents/next of kin for Pfc Cole W. Larsen. I know he was killed 11-13-04. I have a quilt to present to his parents. The Nat'l website is: www.homeofthebravequilts.com if you want to check me out. Please contact me. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:29:37 -0700 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/cole-w-larsen/#c14576 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/cole-w-larsen/#c14576 I didn't know Cole, but I have much respect for the fact the he died with honor serving his country. I live in his community and I know how his parents feel. My son was also an MP and when he returned from the military he joined a local police department where he was shot and killed by gang members. He was killed just a year before Cole on November 15th. To his parents: I am very sorry for your loss. Sun, 24 May 2009 06:25:37 -0700 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/cole-w-larsen/#c483 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/cole-w-larsen/#c483 I remember when Cole came home for leave. I took him to a club I used to work at and saw a huge smile on his face that stayed there all night long. I remember talking to him about his furture plans and it was nice to be friends with him considering he was my little cousin and I used to always pick on him. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:58:32 -0700 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/cole-w-larsen/#c448 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/cole-w-larsen/#c448 Cole was so loved by his family, they did everything together from camping to cooking. He had just been on leave to Santa Clarita to esscort his sister at the homecoming football game, which was the last time most of us saw him. We only wish we could take the heartache his parents and sister have to live with every single day. Freedom is not free as they say, and Cole gave the ultimate sacrifice, his life for our country. Margaret and Alan McKinnon his aunt and uncle Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:56:10 -0700 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/cole-w-larsen/#c358 https://projects.latimes.com/wardead/name/cole-w-larsen/#c358 I dont have a memory or knew him, I just had to say Mannheim germany was a great place for a young soldier to be. I was stationed there in coleman barracks in 81-82........everyone made you feel like family, especially the german woman that worked at the little hanchen?(chicken) hut......and the little px on post........... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:55:02 -0700