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Sam Walton was born on March 29, 1918, in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, -
Sam Walton grew up during the great depression during 1929 to approximately 1939 -
Sam Walton graduated from the college of Missouri to get his retail degree. -
1940–1942: Worked at J.C. Penney as a management trainee, which helped him gain foundational retail experience. -
Sam Walton joined the U.S. Army on July 16, 1942, for service in World War II. He served in the Army Intelligence Corps as a captain -
Sam Walton's family moved around a lot.But on one specific day his family moved back to Oklahoma he meet his first love Helen Robson. -
Sam Walton's first store was not the Walmart store, but the Ben Franklin variety store he purchased in Newport, Arkansas, in 1945 -
Sam Walton started his career losing a really good business deal but then when he lost.That business deal he got motivated to open Walmart he became the founder of Walmart on Jan 2 1962. -
1970: Walmart became a publicly traded company (WMT), allowing it to raise capital for rapid expansion. -
1972: Walmart was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. -
By the late 1980s, Walton was one of the richest individuals in the U.S. -
Sam Walton started Sam's Club in 1983 with the first club opening in Midwest City, Oklahoma. -
March 17, 1992: Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George
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Walton died of cancer on April 5, 1992, in Little Rock (Pulaski County) and is buried in the Bentonville Cemetery directly behind Walmart.