Grave marker for Arvie E. and Anna F, Walker in Trinity Memorial Park, Big Spring (Howard county), Texas.

Arvie was assigned draft slot 11,86 by his local draft board and subsequently received the infamous "Greetings from the President" letter although the date of receipt is unknown. [see full page}

On 22 August 1944 Sgt Walker was transferred to Service Company, 508th PIR from the 10th Replacement Depot.  It wasn't until 31 August that the Big Spring Herald carried this article saying that Arvie had transferred from the infantry to a jump school (undoubtedly at Cottesmore) in England.

Sgt Walker was later awarded the Bronze Service Arrowhead device for his participation in the Normandy assault.

After returning to Texas, Arvie and his fiancé, Anna Rice, applied for a marriage license on 26 June 1946.  They were married two days later.

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Holiday Inn South recently opened a new 480-square-foot suite and has named it in honor of a former guest and avid Red Raider fan, the late Arvie Walker of Big Spring.    Steve Arrison, general manager of Holiday Inn South, said Walker was a frequent guest and a favorite among the motel's staff in the years prior to his death in late 1988.
   "He hadn't missed a home game at Texas Tech since 1967," Arrison said, "and when we opened here in 1975, he stayed here for every game."
   Walker was a geologist, consultant, and independent oilman, according to Arrison.  He graduated from Texas Tech in 1948 and was an