Walton H. Walker

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United States Army general human

Walton H. Walker was a U.S. Army general best known for his leadership of Eighth Army in the early stages of the Korean War, where he organized the defense that halted North Korean advances.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army general → human →
allegiance	United States →
awardReceived	Army Distinguished Service Medal → Bronze Star Medal → Distinguished Service Cross → French Croix de Guerre → Legion of Merit → Order of Military Merit (Korea) → Order of the Bath → Order of the British Empire → Purple Heart → Silver Star →
burialPlace	Arlington National Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	traffic collision →
commanded	Eighth United States Army → I Corps → XX Corps →
conflict	Korean War → World War I → World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1889-12-03 →
dateOfDeath	1950-12-23 →
educatedAt	United States Military Academy →
familyName	Walker →
fieldOfWork	military leadership →
givenName	Walton →
hasRelative	Sam S. Walker →
militaryBranch	United States Army →
militaryRank	General →
nickname	Johnny Walker →
notableAchievement	Organized Eighth Army defense that halted North Korean advance in 1950 →
notableWork	Defense of the Pusan Perimeter →
participatedIn	Battle of the Naktong Bulge → Battle of the Pusan Perimeter → Lorraine campaign → Meuse-Argonne Offensive → Normandy campaign →
partOf	United States Far East Command →
placeOfBirth	Belton, Texas →
placeOfDeath	near Seoul, South Korea →
positionHeld	Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Forces, Far East (acting) → Commander of Eighth United States Army → Commander of I Corps → Commander of XX Corps →
residence	Fort Sam Houston, Texas → Tokyo, Japan →
serviceNumber	0-5309 →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Pusan Perimeter → Busan Perimeter →	commander
Nakdong River line →	notableCommanderDefender