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Meriwether Lewis Walker

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Biography
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References

{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Meriwether Lewis Walker
|birth_date = {{birth date|1869|09|30}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|1947|07|29|1869|09|30}}
|birth_place = Lynchburg, Virginia
|death_place = Massachusetts
|image = Meriwether Lewis Walker.jpg
|order = 4th
|title= Governor of the Panama Canal Zone
| term_start =1924 | term_end =1928 | appointed = | predecessor =Jay Johnson Morrow| successor = Harry Burgess
| module = {{Infobox military person | embed=yes
|allegiance = {{flagicon|United States}}United States of America
|branch = United States Army
|serviceyears = 1893–1933
|rank = Brigadier General
|servicenumber =
|unit =
|battles = Pancho Villa Expedition
World War I
|awards = Distinguished Service Medal
|relations =

}} }}

Meriwether Lewis Walker (September 30, 1869 – July 29, 1947) was an officer in the United States Army with the rank of Brigadier General, who served as a Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1924 to 1928.^[1]

Biography

Walker was born on September 30, 1869 in Lynchburg, Virginia as the son of Thomas Lidsay and Catherine Dabney Walker.^[1]

He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated from this institution in the summer of 1893. He was also commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.^[1]

He served as a director of the Army Field Engineering School from 1912 to 1914. He served as chief engineer of Punitive Expeditions into Mexico from 1916 to 1917. He was chief engineer of American Expeditionary Forces from August 1918 to August 1919. He was chief maintenance engineer of the Panama Canal from 1921 to 1924. He served as Panama Canal Zone Governor from 1924 to 1928.^[1]

He died on July 29, 1947.^[1]

Decorations

Here is the ribbon bar of Brigadier General Walker:

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number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Mexican Service Medal ribbon.svg|alt=}}

number=2|type=service-star|ribbon=World War I Victory Medal ribbon.svg|alt=}}

number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Legion Honneur Officier ribbon.svg|alt=}}

1st Row	Army Distinguished Service Medal				Mexican Service Medal				World War I Victory Medal with two battle Clasps				Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)

References

1. ^¹²³⁴{{cite web |url=http://www.pancanal.com/eng/history/biographies/walker.html |title=Meriwether Lewis Walker |date= |accessdate=2016-11-06 |quote= |publisher=Panama Canal Authority }}

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 before=Jay Johnson Morrow| title=Governor of Panama Canal Zone|years=1924–1928| after=Harry Burgess }}

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