Form: 3

Initial statement of beneficial ownership of securities

April 7, 2009

POA

Published on April 7, 2009

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby designates Gordon Y. Allison, Geoffrey W.
Edwards and Jennifer F. Rudolph or any one of them acting singly and with
full power of substitution, as the undersigned?s true and
lawful attorney in fact to:

(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned?s name and on the
undersigned?s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the ?SEC?) a Form ID, including
amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes, passwords, and passphrases
enabling the undersigned to make filings with the SEC of
reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 144 of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2) to execute and file on the undersigned?s behalf all Forms 3,
4, 5, and 144 (including any amendments thereto) that the
undersigned may be required to file with the SEC and other
regulatory bodies as a result of the undersigned?s ownership
of or transactions in securities of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.,
including any filing required as a result of any indirect
ownership of securities attributed to the undersigned under
applicable law; and

(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form 3, 4, 5, or 144, complete and
execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
such form with the SEC and any securities exchange or similar
authority.

The authority of Gordon Y. Allison, Geoffrey W. Edwards and Jennifer F.
Rudolph under this Power of Attorney shall continue until the undersigned
is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5, and 144 with regard to the
undersigned?s ownership of or transactions in securities of Wal-Mart
Stores, Inc., unless earlier revoked in writing. The undersigned
acknowledges that neither Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Gordon Y. Allison,
Geoffrey W. Edwards, nor Jennifer F. Rudolph are assuming any of
the undersigned?s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or any rule or regulation of the SEC.


Date: 03/13/2009 /s/ Brian C. Cornell
Brian C. Cornell