Jared A Walker
Military
Protestant Chaplain
466th BG HQ
B-24J-140-CO #42-110162 "Parson's Chariot" Code: T9-V 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Archives
Object Number - UPL 19031 - Captain Jared A. Walker Protestant Chaplain 466th BG HQ B-24J-140-CO #42-110162 "Parson's Chariot" Code: T9-V
Chaplain Walker served as president of the Rotary Club in Ensley, AL. He retired from the Baptist Hospitals in 1977. After retirement, he enjoyed playing and spending time with his grandchildren, Laura Long Goolsby (1978) and William Allen Long (1979). He has three great grand children, the two youngest both named after him- Hunter Matthew Goolsby (1999), Cohen Jared Long (2011), and Caleb Walker Pettit (2012).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham, AL, USA | In January of 1960, Chaplain Jared Walker returned to Birmingham, Alabama and served as hospital chaplain for the Baptist Princeton and Baptist Montclair hospitals, along with with his father-in-law The Reverend John Hall Buchanan Sr. He moved to Vestavia Hills, AL in 1960 with his wife, Lynn Buchanan Walker and daughter Patricia Walker (Long). In 1990, Chaplain Walker and Mrs Walker moved to a retirement community in Riverchase, AL. |
Revisions
Details of life Chaplain Walker's life after his Air Force service provided by Patricia Walker Long (daughter) and Laura Long Goolsby (granddaughter).
Chaplains' Board / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
