A University of South Carolina medical school graduate has named her newborn son after her father, Dixon Walters Jr., a USC graduate who was killed in the Persian Gulf War.
Dixon Stephen Bush was born on Saturday to Jessie Bush, Walters' daughter, and her husband, Brandon Bush.
Walters and his 14-member Air Force crew were gunned down over Khafji, Saudi Arabia, according to The State. Jessie was three years old when Walters died. His legacy lives on through her baby boy.
"It's the greatest tribute you could ever honor a father with," said Kim McCarthy, the child's grandmother.