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Walton Walker

Sam's father never obtained the rank of four-star general. He was a Lieutenant General upon his accidental death. GoodDay (talk) 00:28, 19 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That appears to be correct. He's a three star in every picture I've seen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.1.159.105 (talk) 04:12, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Walton Walker was posthumously promoted to four-star. That notwithstanding, I'm going to edit the sentence "Walker was born at West Point, New York, and was the son of General Walton Walker, himself a four-star general; they are one of only two pairs of fathers and sons to achieve the rank of four-star general in U.S. Army history" to remove the bit about being one of only two pairs of fathers and sons to both achieve four-star rank. The reference given is to a 1990 Marshall Lecture, and while it may have been true in 1990, it certainly is not true now. John N. and Robert B. Abrams, sons of former Chief of Staff of the Army Creighton Abrams, both achieved four-star rank, just as an example. I'll also remove the reference as this is the only place it is used, and it is a broken link.Eltrace (talk) 13:55, 18 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting, I didn't know that about Abrams' sons, thanks. Mztourist (talk) 07:18, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How did he go from infantry to aviation?

The article has him with an air medal and aviation wings, but it shows him as an infantry officer, at least initially. It makes no reference to any flight training. rogerd (talk) 17:20, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]