Meriwether Lewis Walker
4th Governor of the Panama Canal Zone
In office
1924–1928
Preceded byJay Johnson Morrow
Succeeded byHarry Burgess
Personal details
Born(1869-09-30)September 30, 1869
Lynchburg, Virginia
DiedJuly 29, 1947(1947-07-29) (aged 77)
Massachusetts
Military career
AllegianceUnited StatesUnited States of America
Service/branchUnited States Army seal United States Army
Years of service1893–1933
Rank Brigadier General
Service number0-419
Battles/warsPancho Villa Expedition
World War I
AwardsDistinguished Service Medal

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]

Walker was married to Edith Colby Carey, the daughter of Brigadier General Asa B. Carey.[2]

He died on July 29, 1947.[1]

Decorations

Here is the ribbon bar of Brigadier General Walker:

Bronze star
Bronze star
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. 1 2 3 4 5 "Meriwether Lewis Walker". Panama Canal Authority. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  2. ↑ "Brigadier General Asa Bacon Carey (1835–1912)". Sibert Ancestry.org. May 12, 2023. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
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