{{short description|U.S. Army general}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Use American English|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox military person | name = Flem Walker | image = Lt. Gen. Flem B. Walker, Jr. (2).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Official portrait, 2022 | nickname = Donnie<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.1tsc.army.mil/News/Article/1626394/1st-tsc-stb-completes-its-first-change-of-command-and-responsibility-at-fort-kn/|title=1st TSC STB Completes its First Change of Command and Responsibility at Fort Knox|website=1st Theater Sustainment Command}}</ref> | birth_date = | birth_place = Clay County, Alabama, U.S.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web | url=https://www.1tsc.army.mil/Portals/35/documents/leader%20bios/BIO_WALKER_20171122.pdf?ver=2018-07-26-143332-423 | title=Maj. Gen. Flem B. "Donnie" Walker Jr. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506040437/https://www.1tsc.army.mil/Portals/35/documents/leader%20bios/BIO_WALKER_20171122.pdf?ver=2018-07-26-143332-423 | archive-date=2021-05-06}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | burial_place = | allegiance = United States | branch = United States Army | service_years = 1987–2022 | rank = Lieutenant General | service_number = | unit = | commands = 1st Theater Sustainment Command<br />3rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | battles = Gulf War<br />War in Afghanistan<br />Iraq War | awards = Army Distinguished Service Medal<br />Legion of Merit (5)<br />Bronze Star Medal (3) | relations = | other_work = }} '''Flem Bowen Walker Jr.'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/108895/walker_promoted_to_brig_gen_during_a_family_first_ceremony|title = Walker promoted to Brig. Gen. During a "Family First" Ceremony}}</ref> is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who last served as the Deputy Commanding General and Chief of Staff of the United States Army Materiel Command from 2020 to 2022. Previously, he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics and Operations of the United States Army Materiel Command.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gomo.army.mil/public/Biography/usa-8161/flemb-walkerjr|title=Lieutenant General Flem B. Walker Jr. – General Officer Management Office|website=www.gomo.army.mil|access-date=May 6, 2021|archive-date=May 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506040436/https://www.gomo.army.mil/public/Biography/usa-8161/flemb-walkerjr|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.annistonstar.com/features/community/salute-lt-gen-flem-b-donnie-walker-jr-of-clay-county/article_e80ed66e-c779-11ea-922e-c72ad7183e6f.html|title=Salute ... Lt. Gen. Flem B. "Donnie" Walker Jr. of Clay County|website=The Anniston Star|date=July 17, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dvidshub.net/news/373349/walker-pins-third-star-becomes-amc-deputy-commander|title=Walker pins on third star, becomes AMC deputy commander|website=DVIDS}}</ref>
His retirement ceremony was held on September 1, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/house-communication/117th-congress/executive-communication/3922?s=1&r=2|title=EC3922 — House Communication, 117th Congress (2021-2022)|access-date=2022-05-07|website=U.S. Congress}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/29598|title=LTG Flem B. "Donnie" Walker Jr., Army Materiel Command Deputy to the Commanding General Retirement Ceremony|access-date=2022-09-01|website=DVIDS}}</ref>
==Awards and decorations== {| |90px Senior Parachutist Badge |- |90px Air Assault Badge |- |100px Parachute Rigger Badge |- |90px Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge |- |85px 82nd Airborne Division Combat Service Identification Badge |- |60px U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps Distinctive Unit Insignia |- |50px 6 Overseas Service Bars |} {| |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=U.S. Army Distinguished Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}} Army Distinguished Service Medal |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Legion of Merit ribbon.svg|width=60}}<span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -54px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">14px</span><span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -42px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">14px</span><span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -30px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">14px</span><span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -18px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">14px</span> Legion of Merit with four bronze oak leaf clusters |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Bronze Star Medal ribbon|width=60}}<span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -42px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">14px</span><span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -30px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">14px</span> Bronze Star Medal with two oak leaf clusters |- |{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|name=Defense Meritorious Service Medal ribbon|width=60}} Defense Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Meritorious Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}}<span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -42px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">14px</span><span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -30px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">14px</span> Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters |- |{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=Army Commendation Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}} Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Army Achievement Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}}<span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -48px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">14px</span><span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -36px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">14px</span><span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -24px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">14px</span> Army Achievement Medal with three bronze oak leaf clusters |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Meritorious_Unit_Commendation_ribbon.svg|width=60}}<span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -58px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">13px</span><span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -47px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">13px</span><span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -36px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">13px</span><span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -25px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">13px</span><span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -14px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">13px</span> Meritorious Unit Commendation with one silver and four bronze oak leaf clusters |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=National Defense Service Medal ribbon, 2nd award.svg|width=60}} National Defense Service Medal with one bronze service star |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}} Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Southwest Asia Service Medal ribbon (1991-2016).svg|width=60}}<span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -41px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">11px</span><span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -30px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">11px</span> Southwest Asia Service Medal with two service stars |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Afghanistan Campaign Medal ribbon, 1st award.svg|width=60}} Afghanistan Campaign Medal with service star |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Iraq Campaign Medal ribbon, 2nd award.svg|width=60}} Iraq Campaign Medal with two service stars |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}} Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Global War on Terrorism Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}} Global War on Terrorism Service Medal |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}} Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Army Service Ribbon.svg|width=60}} Army Service Ribbon |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=numeral|ribbon=Army Overseas Service Ribbon.svg|width=60}}<span style="position:relative; top: 0px; left: -36px; display: inline-block; width: 0;">11px</span> Army Overseas Service Ribbon with bronze award numeral 4 |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=NATO Medal Yugoslavia ribbon bar.svg|width=60}} NATO Medal for the former Yugoslavia |- |60px Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) |- |60px Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) |}
==References== {{commons category|Flem B. Walker, Jr.}} {{USGovernment}} {{reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=Kristin K. French}} {{s-ttl|title=Commanding General of the 3rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)|years=2013–2015}} {{s-aft|after=Christopher J. Sharpsten}} {{s-bef|rows=2|before=Paul C. Hurley Jr.}} {{s-ttl|title=Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics of the United States Army Forces Command|years=2015–2017}} {{s-aft|after=Ronald Kirklin}} {{s-ttl|title=Commanding General of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command|years=2017–2019}} {{s-aft|after=John P. Sullivan}} {{s-bef|before=Christopher O. Mohan}} {{s-ttl|title=Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics and Operations of the United States Army Materiel Command|years=2019–2020}} {{s-aft|after=Charles R. Hamilton}} {{s-bef|before=Edward M. Daly}} {{s-ttl|title=Deputy Commanding General and Chief of Staff of the United States Army Materiel Command|years=2020–2022}} {{s-aft|after=Christopher Mohan}} {{s-end}}
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