Age 76, Lawton - Graveside service will be 2:00 PM Monday at the Post Cemetery, Fort Sill, with Chaplain (CPT) Chris Bang, officiating. Sergeant Walker died Monday, January 26, 2009, in a local hospital. Burial with full military honors will be under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. He was born on November 29, 1932 in Kopperl, Texas to Jerome and Josephine (Hadley) Walker. He married Jeanette Gamba in Augsburg, Germany on May 28, 1965. He served 22 years in the US Army and served tours in Germany and Italy. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War and received numerous medals including the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation, National Defense Service Medal (2nd Award), Army of Occupation Medal (Germany), two Overseas Service Bars, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Army Commendation Medal (2nd Award), Good Conduct Medal (5th Award), and the Vietnam Service Medal. He worked for Civil Service as a crane operator for the DRMO. He retired in 1994 after 20 years. Survivors include his wife of the home; two sisters, Ann Stramler of Austin, Texas, and Margaret Di Robbio and her husband Carl of Greenville, Rhode Island; several nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews; a brother-in-law, Henry Gamba and his wife, Elisabeth, of Freiburg, Germany; a sister-in-law, Emilie Gamba of Germany; an aunt, Vivian Hadley of Burleson, Texas; a cousin, Gerald Hadley and his wife, Harriett, of Burleson, Texas; and special friends, Joel and Ann Livingston of Apache. His brother, sister and a nephew preceded him in death.