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Walker graduated from Northwestern State University. On September 1, 1940, he married the former Mary Elizabeth Abel (November 29, 1911 &ndash; September 2, 1999), a [[music]] teacher in Winnfield and the daughter of Florence Kees (1875-1949) and Perry Kees Abel, Sr. (1867-1966).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=60525&h=4983239&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2442|title=Perry Kees Abel|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=March 26, 2019}}</ref>

Walker graduated from Northwestern State University. On September 1, 1940, he married the former Mary Elizabeth Abel (November 29, 1911 &ndash; September 2, 1999), a [[music]] teacher in Winnfield and the daughter of Florence Kees (1875-1949) and Perry Kees Abel, Sr. (1867-1966).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=60525&h=4983239&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=2442|title=Perry Kees Abel|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=March 26, 2019}}</ref>

==Military service==

==Heroic military service==

Walker's military exploits in December 1944 were related by the [[Associated Press]] war correspondent Kenneth L. Dixon, later of ''The Baton Rouge Advocate''. In an article entitled "Major William S. Walker Leads Yanks From Nazis Lines In Daring Exploit; Beat Off Numerous Attacks In 6 Days," Dixon describes Walker as having used "cage strategy" to bring his men to safety. Dixon reported that the men had been "isolated and encircled for five days and nights" east of Marche, Belgium. ​

Walker's military exploits in December 1944 were related by the [[Associated Press]] war correspondent Kenneth L. Dixon, later of ''The Baton Rouge Advocate''. In an article entitled "Major William S. Walker Leads Yanks From Nazis Lines In Daring Exploit; Beat Off Numerous Attacks In 6 Days," Dixon describes Walker as having used "cage strategy" to bring his men to safety. Dixon reported that the men had been "isolated and encircled for five days and nights" east of Marche, Belgium. ​

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There is no evidence that Walker received any medals or commendation for his work in the relief of the soldiers in Belgium.​

There is no evidence that Walker received any medals or commendation for his work in the relief of the soldiers in Belgium.​

 

==Republican congressional campaign, 1964==​

==Republican congressional campaign, 1964==​

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Another William S. Walker served in the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Army and  died from wounds received in 1864 at the Battle of Mansfield in DeSoto Parish. Like the 20th-century Walker, the 19th-century William S. Walker was a lieutenant colonel. He was listed in the first Winn Parish [[census]] in 1860 as having been an [[Alabama]] native and twenty-eight years of age. He became only the second [[sheriff]] of Winn Parish, leaving the position to join the Confederate Army . It is believed that this Walker, who was married to the former Rosanna McCreight, was buried at Mansfield Cemetery and that his remains were later exhumed and reburied in a family plot near Jonesboro in Jackson Parish. The Winnfield chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is named after the first William S. Walker. There were many Walkers in the area over both centuries and no indication that the World War II William Stewart Walker was a descendant of the Confederate William S. Walker.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.penandsaber.com/grays28th/wmwlkr.html|title=Lt. Col William Walker, C.S.A.|publisher=penandsaber.com|accessdate=July 20, 2009}}</ref>​

Another William S. Walker served in the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Army and  died from wounds received in 1864 at the Battle of Mansfield in DeSoto Parish. Like the 20th-century Walker, the 19th-century William S. Walker was a lieutenant colonel. He was listed in the first Winn Parish [[census]] in 1860 as having been an [[Alabama]] native and twenty-eight years of age. He became only the second [[sheriff]] of Winn Parish, leaving the position to join the Confederate Army . It is believed that this Walker, who was married to the former Rosanna McCreight, was buried at Mansfield Cemetery and that his remains were later exhumed and reburied in a family plot near Jonesboro in Jackson Parish. The Winnfield chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is named after the first William S. Walker. There were many Walkers in the area over both centuries and no indication that the World War II William Stewart Walker was a descendant of the Confederate William S. Walker.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.penandsaber.com/grays28th/wmwlkr.html|title=Lt. Col William Walker, C.S.A.|publisher=penandsaber.com|accessdate=July 20, 2009}}</ref>​

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==References==​

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