SPRING HILL, Tenn.- Funeral services were held today for an Air Force airman from Middle Tennessee, who died last month at an Air Force Base in Oklahoma.
Airman First Class David M. Walker II died July 31 in his dormitory room on base. He was 20 years old. Family members said he graduated high school in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at Heritage Funeral Home in Columbia.
Walker was being buried with full military honors at Maury Memorial Gardens.
Officials said that said the exact cause of Walker's death is under investigation. Walker was assigned to the 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Tinker and worked as a crew chief on the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System, or AWACS, aircraft.
Walker joined the military on Oct. 5, 2010. He hadn't been previously deployed overseas.
Walker's awards include the Outstanding Unit Award, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the Air Force Training Ribbon.
