Lieutenant General Guy C. Swan III (Ret.) currently serves as an AUSA Vice President. During more than 35 years of active service he commanded at every level through Army Service Component Command.
On this Memorial Day I and many members of the West Point Class of 1976 will be remembering First Lieutenant Laura Walker, Class of 2003, daughter of our classmate and friend, Lieutenant General (Retired) Keith Walker.
Laura, a terrific young leader and U.S. Army engineer officer, was killed in action in Afghanistan on August 18, 2005 in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM.
One of the saddest duties I ever had to perform during my own military career was to escort Keith to meet his daughter’s remains as they were returned to Dover AFB, like thousands of other military servicemen and women lost over the last 20 years and who will also be remembered this Memorial Day.
Now my own son, himself a First Lieutenant and fellow West Point graduate, is serving in America’s Army and following in the footsteps of Laura Walker - his babysitter 25 years ago.
That’s why we call it the Army Family.
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