This 2009 photo provided by the Walker Family via Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Thursday, Sept. 17, 20009, shows Dan Walker, an Army war veteran who was honored for gathering and burying a U.S. flag that was burned in protest during the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas. Walker, 81, died Wednesday, Sept. 16 of prostate cancer at his home in Fort Worth, Texas. AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 months ago

This 2009 photo provided by the Walker Family via Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Thursday, Sept. 17, 20009, shows Dan Walker, an Army war veteran who was honored for gathering and burying a U.S. flag that was burned in protest during the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas. Walker, 81, died Wednesday, Sept. 16 of prostate cancer at his home in Fort Worth, Texas.

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