- For the son of John Walton Sr., please see Ben Walton.
Benjamin Walton was the son of Esther and Zebulon Walton. He was the idealist red-haired older brother and John looked up to him. He was killed in World War I (before the timeline of the series) but is mentioned in several episodes. It was stated in several episodes that he was buried in France, but the exact location of his grave was not known. This however, is contradicted in The Heritage, s2,e17, where a grave marker for Benjamin Walton can clearly be seen in the family cemetery. The stone reads “Benjamin Walton, 1898–1917, in service of his country“.