Walton Harris Walker (December 3, 1889 – December 23, 1950) was a United States Army four-star general who served with distinction in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, where he commanded the Eighth United States Army before dying in a jeep accident.
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... Walker was killed in a jeep accident just north of Seoul. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery and posthumously promoted to general in January 1951.
In Korea he commanded 8th Army until his death in an automobile accident on December 23, 1950.