John T. Walton

**John Thomas Walton** (October 8, 1946 - June 27, 2005) bụ onye agha America na nwa nwoke nke onye guzobere Walmart Sam Walton. Ọ bụkwa onye isi oche nke True North Venture Partners, ụlọ ọrụ na-ahụ maka ego. Walton so guzobe Children's Scholarship Fund, na-enye agụmakwụkwọ maka ndị ntorobịa nwere nsogbu.

## Ndụ mbụ na ozi na Agha Vietnam
A mụrụ Walton na Newport, Arkansas. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Bentonville High School ebe ọ bụ onye egwuregwu bọọlụ. Walton gara na College of Wooster na Wooster, Ohio. Ọ hapụrụ kọleji n'afọ 1968 iji nwetakwuo oge na-akpọ ọjà wee banye n'òtù ndị agha US (mgbe Vietnamese Tet Offensive gasịrị).

N'oge agha Vietnam, Walton jere ozi na Green Berets dị ka akụkụ nke Studies and Observations Group. O sonyere n'agha na A Shau Valley na Laos, ebe ọ bụ onye dọkịta na onye nke abụọ na-achịkwa otu a na-akpọ "Spike Team Louisiana". Walton mechara nata Silver Star maka obi ike n'agha.

## Ndụ e mesịrị
Mgbe o si Vietnam lọta, Walton mụtara ife efe wee gaa rụọ ọrụ dị ka onye na-anya ụgbọelu maka Walmart. O mechara hapụ ụlọ ọrụ ahụ ka ọ na-efefe ihe ọkụkụ n'elu ubi owuwe ihe ubi n'ọtụtụ steeti ndịda ma soro guzobe Satloc, ụlọ ọrụ ngwa ụgbọ elu nke malitere iji teknụzụ GPS na-eme ihe ọkụkụ. Walton wee kwaga San Diego ebe o guzobere Corsair Marine, ụlọ ọrụ na-arụ ụgbọ mmiri trimaran. Ọ bikwa na Durango, Colorado, ma bụrụ onye na-agba ọsọ na-anụ ọkụ n'obi, onye na-akwọ ịnyịnya ígwè ugwu, onye na'ịga ije, onye na na-agba ọgba tum tum, onye na -adọba n'elu mmiri na onye na-egwu mmiri.

N'afọ 1998, dị ka akụkụ nke Philanthropy Roundtable, Walton na enyi ya Ted Forstmann guzobere Children's Scholarship Fund iji nye enyemaka agụmakwụkwọ maka ezinụlọ ndị na-enweta ego dị ala iji zipụ ụmụ ha n'ụlọ akwụkwọ onwe onye. Ọ bụ onye na-akwado akwụkwọ ikike ụlọ akwụkwọ. Maka ihe ndị ọ rụzuru, ọ natara William E. Simon Prize for Philanthropic Leadership.

## Ọnwụ
thumb|Mkpọmkpọ ụgbọ elu nnwale Walton na Grand Teton National Park. Foto nke National Park Service sere na June 27, 2005.
Walton nwụrụ na June 27, 2005, mgbe ụgbọelu CGS Hawk Arrow nke e wuru n'ụlọ (nke edebanyere aha ya dị ka "ụgbọelu nnwale" n'okpuru iwu FAA) nke ọ na-akwọ ụgbọelu dara na Jackson, Wyoming. Ụgbọelu Walton dara n'elekere 12:20 nke ehihie n'oge mpaghara (18:20 UTC) obere oge ka ọ kwụsịrị n'ọdụ ụgbọ elu Jackson Hole.

National Transportation Safety Board mechara kọọ na Walton etinyeghachiri ogwe mkpọchi azụ n'ụzọ na-ekwesịghị ekwesị na tuubu njikwa elevator. Nke a mere ka tube torque na-aga n'azụ n'oge ọ na-efe ma wepụ eriri elevator. Nsonaazụ nke mmezi ahụ dara bụ enweghị njikwa ụgbọ elu, na-enweghị nke Walton enweghị ike ịchịkwa ịdị elu nke ụgbọelu ahụ.

N'oge na-adịghị anya tupu ọnwụ ya, magazin *Forbes* mere atụmatụ na ego Walton bụ ijeri US $ 18.2, ya na nwanne ya nwoke Jim jikọtara dị ka onye nke anọ kacha baa ọgaranya na United States na onye nke iri na otu kacha baa ọkara n'ụwa.

Nwunye ya Christy na nwa ha nwoke Lukas hapụrụ Walton. Ọ lụrụ Mary Ann Gunn, onye mechara bụrụ onye ọka ikpe na Arkansas. O nwere ụmụnne nwoke abụọ, S. Robson Walton na Jim Walton na nwanne nwanyị, Alice Walton.

## Hụkwa

* Ndepụta Forbes nke ndị ọgaranya (2004)
* Ezinụlọ Walton

## Ihe odide


## Njikọ mpụga
 

* John T. Walton at Find a Grave
* Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People 2004
* Usoro ọmụmụ nke ezinụlọ Walton