MILITARY PERSONNEL

Walton Walker

1889 - 1950

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Walton Harris Walker (3 December 1889 – 23 December 1950) was a United States Army four-star general who served with distinction in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, where he commanded the Eighth United States Army before dying in a jeep accident. He received two Distinguished Service Crosses for extraordinary heroism in World War II and the Korean War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walton Walker is the 1,465th most popular military personnel (down from 1,061st in 2019), the 5,125th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,077th in 2019) and the 88th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Walton Walker ranks 1,465 out of 2,058. Before him are Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus, Félix Rodríguez, Paavo Talvela, Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing, Geberic, and Natalya Kovshova. After him are Pavle Jurišić Šturm, Shi Jingtang, Kazuo Sakamaki, Angelo Iachino, Alfonso Cano, and Inigo Campioni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Walton Walker ranks 163. Before him are Alexander Antonov, Louis Van Hege, Hans Tropsch, Dorothy Gibson, Lloyd Bacon, and Ivan Mosjoukine. After him are Angelo Iachino, Arthur Waley, Mikha'il Na'ima, Ludwig Renn, Recep Peker, and Zofia Kossak-Szczucka. Among people deceased in 1950, Walton Walker ranks 111. Before him are Karin Michaëlis, Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, Harold Laski, Miklós Bánffy, Charles Gmelin, and Ken Huszagh. After him are Edna St. Vincent Millay, Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, Juan Botasso, Recep Peker, Sergei Khudyakov, and Hiroshi Yoshida.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walton Walker ranks 5,125 out of 20,380. Before him are Quanah Parker (1845), David Patrick Kelly (1951), Thomas Haden Church (1960), Tommy Gunn (1967), Joe Keery (1992), and Ken Huszagh (1891). After him are Al Foster (1943), Jonathan Littell (1967), Renée Taylor (1933), Stephen Cook (1939), Robert McKee (1941), and Alan Lomax (1915).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Walton Walker ranks 88. Before him are Herman Kahn (1922), Walter Short (1880), Melvin Purvis (1903), Marc Mitscher (1887), Walter Bedell Smith (1895), and Anthony McAuliffe (1898). After him are Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888), Courtney Hodges (1887), James Longstreet (1821), Hal Moore (1922), Nathanael Greene (1742), and Nelson A. Miles (1839).

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