Larry Paylor was born on 15 October 1952 to Ethel Paylor from Pittsburgh, PA. His military career began when he was drafted in 1972 where he attended basic training at Ft Dix NJ and formal training in the Signal Corps at Ft Gordon, GA.

Since entering the Army, he served five tours overseas. One with the 1st Signal Brigade in Korea and four tours in Germany, Kaiserslautern, Worms, Darmstadt, Wildflecken, and Bad Kissingen.

Stateside assignments include two tours at Ft Bragg, NC, Ft Benning, GA, Ft Ritchie, MD, and Ft Huachuca where he retired after 30 years and 17 days. He is married to the former Joyce Porter, also from Pittsburgh, PA and has been married for 30 years. He has a son, Shawn 28, who lives in Atlanta, GA and a daughter Jamia, 23 who lives in Baltimore, MD.

He has been riding off and on since 1982 and rides a Harley Davidson Ultra Classic.

Hobbies include, woodworking, matting and framing, old cars and a collector of Buffalo Soldiers prints.