Glenn D. Walker

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Lieutenant General Glenn D. Walker

Glenn David Walker (born January 21, 1916 in Hineston, Rapides Parish , Louisiana ; † May 3, 2002 in Kosciusko , Mississippi ) was an American officer and lieutenant general in the US Army who, among other things, was commander of the 4th Army between 1969 and 1970 . Infantry Division ( 4th Infantry Division ) , 1971-1972 Commanding General of I Corps ( I Corps ) and, most recently 1973-1974 Commanding General of the First US army ( First US army ) was.

Life

Studies, military service and World War II

Glenn David Walker, son of Holt Walker and his wife Berdie Cleora Hines Walker, spent his childhood in Morton from 1926 and attended Morton High School there . He then began a 1934 undergraduate degree at East Central Community College (ECJC) and occurred during this time in Decatur in the National Guard from Mississippi one. He continued his studies from 1935 to 1936 at the University of Mississippi and between 1937 and 1939 at Mississippi College and graduated in 1939 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He then worked as a physical education teacher at Mississippi College.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and the entry of the United States into World War II on December 8, 1941, Walker began his military career in February 1942 and initially served in the 22nd Infantry Division belonging to the 4th Infantry Division. Infantry regiment. In January 1944 he was transferred to England and was chief of a company of the 22nd Infantry Regiment, with which he took part on D-Day on Utah Beach on June 6, 1944 , the " Operation Neptune " called Allied landing in Normandy . During the Battle of Saint-Lô (3rd to 20th July 1944) he was commanding a battalion of the 22nd Infantry Regiment. In 1944 he received the Silver Star . He was seriously wounded during the battle in the Huertgen Forest (October 6, 1944 to February 10, 1945), which was the bloodiest battle in the European theater of war for the US Army.

post war period

After recovering in a military hospital in the United States Walker was established in June 1945 as a Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant Colonel) instructor for tactics at the Army Infantry School in Fort Benning and in the summer of 1947, a member of the Army Advisory Group in Nanking , where he remained until autumn 1948th In the fall of 1948 he was transferred to the headquarters of the US FECOM (Far East Command) in Tokyo and completed a course at the Command and General Staff College (CGSC) in Fort Leavenworth in 1950 , after which he himself became an instructor at the CGSC. After 1955-1956, the US Army War College (AWC) in Carlisle had graduated, he was first in 1956 Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence (G 2) at the headquarters in Wiesbaden stationed Seventh US Army ( Seventh US Army ) and then 1957 Commander of the 6th Infantry Regiment in Berlin . In the summer of 1958 he moved to the Pentagon , where he worked in the office of the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army for operations and then an officer in the Joint Chiefs of Staff ( JCS ) .

After Glenn D. Walker graduated from the National War College (NWC) at Fort Lesley J. McNair , between August 1962 and February 1965 he was Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel (G 1) of the Eighth US Army stationed in South Korea ( Eighth US Army ) and most recently Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel (G 1) of Army Command Pacific USARPAC ( US Army Pacific ) in Honolulu .

Vietnam War and promotion to lieutenant general

In February 1965, Walker was of assistive commander of the 25th Infantry Division ( 25th Infantry Division ) and a substantial part of the Division in December 1965 after South Vietnam laid. During the Vietnam War between April and October 1966, he was initially commander of the 3rd Brigade Task Force , which later became the 3rd Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division. He then became assistant commander of the 4th Infantry Division in October 1966, which at that time was stationed in Pleiku in the central highlands of Vietnam ( Tây Nguyên ) . In August 1967, he returned to the US and the Continental Army Command was first to the headquarters ( US Continental Army Command ) seconded. For his achievements he received the Army Distinguished Service Medal on October 26, 1967 .

After his promotion to Major General (Major General) in November 1967 Glenn D. Walker was deputy chief of staff for military operations and reserve forces in the headquarters of the US Continental Army Command in Fort Monroe . In November 1969 he returned to Vietnam, where he was to succeed Brigadier General Donn R. Pepke commander of the 4th Infantry Division ( 4th Infantry Division ) . In this post he remained until June 1970, whereupon Major General William A. Burke took his place there. He then returned to the United States, where on August 1, 1970, he became Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations in the US Department of the Army .

Subsequently, Lieutenant General (Lieutenant General) succeeded Lieutenant General Edward L. Rowny from July 1971 until his replacement by Lieutenant General Richard T. Knowles in August 1972 Commanding General of the I Corps stationed in South Korea ( I Corps ) . After his return to the United States he was in August 1972 Special Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff ( Chief of Staff of the Army ) for training. Recently he released in August 1973 Lieutenant General Claire E. Hutchin, Jr. as commanding general of the First US Army ( First US Army ) in Fort George G. Meade , and held that post until his retirement from active military service and joining retired in August 1974. His successor was then Lieutenant General James G. Kalergis .

After his retirement he settled in Union as a farmer in 1974 , but was then adjutant general of the Mississippi National Guard from 1976 to 1980. His marriage to Margaret Hays Walker in 1941 resulted in three sons, Glenn Dave Walker, Jr., Michael Walker and Keith C. Walker. Glenn D. Walker, Jr. was a Lt. Col. in the US Army, Michael Walker was a veterinarian, and the youngest son Keith Walker was also a Lt. Col. in the US Army. After his death he was buried in Memorial Park in Union.

Awards

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personal data
SURNAME Walker, Glenn D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walker, Glenn David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American military, Lieutenant General in the US Army
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Hineston, Rapides Parish , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 2002
Place of death Kosciusko , Mississippi