Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Lou and I road off road motorcycles together great friend

Good friend Jim Boothe
Friend

January 14, 2022

Lou,
Hard to believe it has been fifty years. I still miss you.

DS lll Tim Birkeland
LASD FPK

December 9, 2020

Deputy Sheriff Wallace,
On today, the 50th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of Los Angeles County. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

R.IP.
USBP

Anonymous
United States Border Patrol

December 8, 2020

May you rest in peace....an inspiration to mu life.....mis you lou

Bill kehler. Worked 15a

November 11, 2020

Deputy Sheriff Wallace, rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

July 12, 2019

Lou and I were deputies together. We always kidded that his daughter and my son would get married someday. I have thought about him often over the years and still miss him.

Robert Kleppin, Deputy Sheriff
LASD

January 13, 2019

We will always remember Deputy Wallace and his ultimate sacrifice.

Deputy Sheriff Los Angeles
County Sheriff

December 8, 2018

This last July 3rd, 2018, is my partner, Compa, ESD Sgt. and Air Rescue 5 Crew Chief's B-Day. I was on my way to plant the Stars and Stripes and a Marine Corps Flag at his marker and share a brewskie with him, along with our old SEB Lt. Mike Sparks (Army) who's marker is only a couple of hundred yards away. Walking up to Sparks' marker, I was scanning the other markers and I stepped on a Wallace. Several thoughts blew through my mind at the same time, I had worked with a Lou Wallace at IRC in '66/'67, who was KIA at Firestone in 1970. The name Louis and our LASD Star jumped out at me. The DOD was 1970. Comprehension dawned as I looked up to Mike Sparks marker just twenty feet away. I'm pretty sure Mike and Lou hadn't known each other, but they should be laughing together at me thinking that I now need more flags and a couple more brewskies each time I visit. Lou was the first of about ten deputies I knew , including friends and two partners that fell in the line. I was working SEB in Dec 1970, and I think we took over The Stone for a few hours so all the FPK personnel could attend Lou's funeral. RIP old partner, next time, I'll have a flag for you, too.

Retired ESD Deputy Mike Kennard
LASD SEB/ESD

July 7, 2018

Rest In Peace Brother. Thank you Hero for your sacrifice and service. You will not be forgotten.

Officer Mike Robinson, (Ret)
Upland Police Dept. CA

December 8, 2017

Lou was my training officer when I was transferred to Firestone Sta. He was one of the most intelligent Deputies I knew. He could sense a bad guy a block away. I was working the night he was murdered and rolled on the call. When I arrived he was down and so was the perp. I rolled to the hosp and was there when he sat up and said " i'm glad I killed that SOB." Those were his last words. I'll never forget him. Great Dep and great friend. God bless you Lou. You are in a better place and deserve to be there. His partner Al was also a great friend and Dep. Miss you guys.

Deputy Dave Foley
LASD

November 22, 2017

You are not forgotten. The citizens of LA County are thankful for your service.

Deputy Sheriff LASD

December 8, 2016

RIP Deputy Sheriff Louis Carl Wallace. Thank you for your service and sacrifice. Even in your darkest hour you thought of others over yourself. May the hounds of hell forever gnaw at the flesh of your murderer whom you rightfully dispatched to Hell.

Senior Special Agent B.L. Sherwood
Port Terminal Railroad Police Houston,TX

December 8, 2015

Rest in Peace, my brother of the Badge, God Bless your Family, Friends and Department.

Bob Reed - Retired Police Officer
South Lake Tahoe PD

December 8, 2015

I worked Firestone Station with Lou and Al. They were working the night shift and I was working day shift. I learned of Lou's passing and Al's injury the next morning when I came to work. I was later sent by the Captain to the County Morgue to identify Lou's remains. Lou's was the first of far too many LEO funerals I have attended since beginning my career in 1968. Lou's life was lost but his partner's was saved thanks to Lou's actions before he expired. Some people we never forget and Lou is one of them

Retired Chief of Police and former Fires
LASD and others

July 6, 2014

Lou Wallace was like a Big Brother to me when I arrived from Canada, a young teenager who happened to live beside the Tiki Motel where he stayed in 1969. He was introduced to me by by Dennis Almas, the owner of the Tiki and was great role model to look up to and always could be relied on. I met a lot of his LA Police colleagues and thought those guys were cool. He even took me up to Central and Adams in the Watts area on a night patrol and told me to wear one of the patrol helmets so I wouldn't be recognized.. Great times with Lou. Prince of a Guy.. I was going to Bell High School when I heard he was fatally wounded in the stomach by a guy named Moreno who, he (Wallace) managed to return fire killing Moreno also, while attempting to assist his partner (Alex Campbell) who had also been wounded by this person during a routine patrol stop near Compton/Firestone area. This was very sad indeed. I still think of him often....

Sergeant
Canadian Forces Military Police

March 8, 2014

So many good men with friends, wife, mother, father and little children who have to grow up with just a memory of a father. The memorial says nothing really, just a name written somewhere on a plaque.The great memorial is left in the herarts of comrades who worked with him and all who knew and loved him. I have known good men who left in the line of duty. I never forgot their faces and their manner. They were my friends and yet they were me.. Tono

Col Lewis E. Foshee Jr, ret.
Norfolk Police Dept and Wayne Co Shderiff Dept

December 11, 2012

We all sat togethger in the small briefing room at FPK that night, joking around and filled with the energy of young men, believing we were invicible. With the influx of cadets from the academy the sgt. made some last minutes changes to the schedule, taking my trainee, Al Smith, and assiigning him to work with Lou Wallace. Little did we know that less then 3 hrs later life would never be the same for any of us. Life is short. Lou gave his all.
I went home that morning and watched my kids as they slept and thanked God for men like Lou who are willing to pay the ultimate price to ensure the safety of all our children.

ex-deputy sheriff david sheets
laso fpk

February 12, 2012

Your heroism and service is honored today, the forty-first anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Rest In Peace

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater, PPD, eow 4/24/05

December 8, 2011

I was home on leave as an Air Force Security Policeman, leaving in three weeks for DaNang Vietnam. I was on my way home that night and Deputy Wallace and his partner passed me and made the stop on the car driven by Moreno.
I noticed the caution used on the stop and heard the gunfire. Returned and saw all three down and attempted to render aid.

John Strapac
US Air Force

November 20, 2011

I was twelve years old in 1974, and attending a funeral when I saw your grave. It was different and stood out from all the others amongst the rows of graves. With yours, the grass was cut down a good inch or two below the grass line. I left the gathering and walked with curiosity toward your grave. As I approached, I could see how pristine and manicured your resting place was. The headstone was polished to a luster, not a grass out of place, lined precisely elongated from the headstone to the end of the plot. It was so precise, cut so perfect, I bent down on both knees and placed both hands onto the grass just to make sure it was real, it was. I thought to myself whoever did this loved you very much....how lucky you were. As my eyes traveled back up to the headstone, I read your name Louis Carl Wallace, I read your date of death December 8, 1970, then, I saw the badge, Deputy Sheriff Los Angeles County. You became special to me. I became a cop starting out in a medium sized police agency, then lateralling to a small O.C. agency. They were great agencies, but never a true fit. Eleven years in and I longed for my place, my fit. I was 36 and not feeling satsfied, I loved this career just needed the right home. While working a shift, I remembered driving by the cemetery and without really knowing why, I did something that was out of character for me, I diverted, and found myself turning into the cemetery and stopping parellel to your grave. I sat there for a few minutes my mind racing listening to the calls and thinking of a reason to leave, I felt awkward sitting there in a black and white. For some unknown reason, I stayed. I exited the car and walked over to your grave. The new millennium was upon us, winter was here and the air was chilly. Time had changed the look of your grave. The grass had grown back and was even with all the others. I stood there in silence, my frustration level was heavy, I felt the weight of the world on my shoulders. And then an epiphany....In August of 2000, I walked into Twin Towers as a Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff and I have never looked back....I was home. I never new you in life, but what I do know is that my courious nature brought me to your doorstep and decades later would have an impact on my life and my happiness.

In 2004, I attended the Law Enforcement Memorial with our department in Washington D.C. I had lost three of my childhood friends, all were cops. I needed to put things in prosective and being there was part of my grieving process. As part of the ceremony we were given a photo of our fallen to be placed at the wall. These photographs from what I was told were randomly picked. One of the photographs were placed in my hand facedown. I walked a few feet away then looked at mine. As I turned the photo over I looked at the face then read the name...Louis Carl Wallace, EOW 12/8/70. Some things are just meant to be. All these years later, I now have a face. Rest In Peace.....

Sergeant
LASD Carson

October 20, 2011

We drank lots of beers after shift (legally of course) and went to some great parties and you were always a deputy I could depend on for strong backup.

Forty years later I still think about your death and Al's injuries.

Deputy- Robert Shaffer
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept

July 2, 2011

Deputy Wallace, I was working in the South Los Angeles CHP office at the time of your passing. I am sorry that it has taken me over 40 years to say thank you for your service. We worked the same area and I am certain that I had met you at least once while I was patroling our Beat 10 or Beat 11 area. I remember hearing about your passing but as one thing lead to another I just forgot to say Thank you...Semper Fi and God Bless....#7185

State Traffic Officer Mike Becze #7185
California Highway Patrol

January 20, 2011

Hard to believe it has been forty years. You are missed.

Deputy Tim Birkeland
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept.

January 1, 2011

Deputy Wallace your work on this Earth as we know it is done. You are in God's Hands now brother. May you rest in peace.

SGT. Daryl Brewer
Clarksville Police Dept. Clarksville, Tennessee

December 20, 2009

Rest in Peace, Deputy Wallace. Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Officer 11169

October 23, 2009