Soldier returns home from war
Published 7:03 pm Thursday, April 19, 2018
Members of the Patriot Guard Riders lead the procession traveling to Monroe, Louisiana, returning the remains of Sergeant Lester R. Walker, as it passes through Vicksburg Thursday.
Walker, from Ferriday, was listed as missing in action Sept. 3, 1950, near Changnyeong, South Korea during the Korean War.
Walker, a member of Battery B, 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, was given the Prisoner of War Medal, posthumous, Purple Heart, posthumous, Army Good Conduct Medal, posthumous, National Defense Service Medal, posthumous, Korean Service Medal with one bronze star, United Nations Service Medal, Republic of Korea-Korean War Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea-Presidential Unit Citation.
Walker will be buried Saturday at Ruggs Bluff Cemetery in Downsville, Louisiana.