Army Sgt. Jeffrey C. Walker, 33, of Havre de Grace, Md.; assigned to Company C, 782nd Main Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed Jan. 8 while on board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter when it crashed during a Medevac mission in Fallujah, Iraq.
HIS BROTHER OFFERS A TRIBUTE
“It’s tough, so tough,” Walker’s brother, Johnny Walker, 36, told The (Baltimore) Sun. “We actually got closer as we got older. We communicated a lot more. We were looking forward to growing old together.”
The brothers were born in Seoul, South Korea, to a Korean mother and an American father. During their father’s military career, they traveled the world, living in California, Texas and Panama. But Walker always considered Maryland home.
After graduating from Havre de Grace High School, Walker joined the Army. He trained as a welder, completed airborne school and served in Korea, Germany, the Balkans and the United States.
“He’d decided to make a career of the military,” Johnny Walker said. “He loved serving his country.”
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