A veteran of the Philippine–American War, he is most noted for his service as commanding general (CG) of the 6th Division, which saw heavy fighting during the Meuse–Argonne offensive, the largest battle in the history of the United States Army, in late 1918.

Carter, George B. Duncan, William H. Hay, Arthur Johnson, Albert D. Kniskern, Edward M. Lewis, Frank McIntyre, John E. McMahon, James McRae, Charles T. Menoher, Thomas B. Mott, Henry C. Newcomer, Mason Patrick, Julius Penn, Benjamin A. Poore, Thomas H. Rees, Peter E. Traub, Charles C. Walcutt Jr. or Frank L. Winn.

Gordon then sailed back to the Philippines in March 1903 and served as Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, Headquarters, Department of the Visayas during the Moro Rebellion.

Upon his return to the United States, he was assigned to the Military Information Division, War Department General Staff in Washington, D.C., and was promoted to major on March 23, 1909.

For his new rank, he was appointed commanding general (CG) Post and China Expedition and remained in that capacity for a month before being ordered back to the United States.

Following his return stateside, Gordon was appointed a depot brigade at Camp Meade, Maryland, and participated in the training of troops for deployment in France.

Following the Armistice with Germany on November 11, 1918, Gordon's 6th Division was ordered first to the training area near Aignay-le-Duc and then participated in the occupation of the Rhineland with headquarters at Bad Bertrich until April 1919.

[4]Gordon returned to the United States with his 6th Division in June 1919 and reverted to the peacetime rank of colonel, due to the huge downsizing of the armed forces after the war.

He was reappointed to the rank of brigadier general on July 3, 1920, and ordered to Fort Benning, Georgia for duty as commandant of the Army Infantry School.

He also served as temporary deputy chief of staff, but retired on his own request due to health problems on January 18, 1924, after 38 years of active duty.

[1] Major general Walter H. Gordon died suddenly on April 26, 1924, aged 60, in Washington, D.C., and was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.

[1] Here is Major General Malone's ribbon bar:[5] This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: K. Stevenson's The official history of the Fifth division, U. S. A.: during the period of its organization and of its operations in the European world war, 1917–1919.