History of Fort Knox 
Walker School is named in honor of General Walton H. Walker, (1889-1950).
Born on December 3, 1889, at Belton, Texas. He died December 23, 1959, in a non-hostile accident while serving in Korea. A graduate of West Point class of 1912, General Walker was a highly decorated veteran of World War I and World War II.
During his career, he was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, with Oak Leaf Cluster; the Distinguished Service Medal, with Oak Leaf Cluster; the Silver Star, with two Oak Leaf Clusters; the Legion of Merit; the Distinguished Flying Cross; the Air Medal, with Oak Leaf Cluster
He served under General Frederick Funston in the Vera Cruz Expedition in 1914 and then on the border patrol near Mexico during the period before World War I. In 1917, he organized Company A, 13th Machine gun Battalion and went with it to France. In April 1917, as a Major, he led the Battalion at St. Mihiel and in the Meuse-Argonne, where he was twice cited for gallantry and where he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on the battlefield.
In World War II, he commanded the 3rd Armored Division and then the IV Armored corps in 1941. In 1943, IV Corps was designated XX Corps and he led it for the rest of the war. He was promoted to Lieutenant General in 1945, with the very same stars which George S. Patton, Jr. had received from General Dwight D. Eisenhower on his own promotion. He was a tough commander, not given to sentiment, reticent of manner, short of speech in any public appearances. He took part in the drive across France following the Normandy Invasion, the capture of Metz and the liberation of Buchenwald.
During the Korean War his defense of the Naktong Line is regarded as a military classic. He was commander of the 8th Army in Korea when he was killed in the wreck of his jeep.
