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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-07-002289.txt : 20070604
<SEC-HEADER>0001127602-07-002289.hdr.sgml : 20070604
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20070604182352
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-07-002289
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070601
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070604
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070604

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WAL MART STORES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000104169
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-VARIETY STORES [5331]
		IRS NUMBER:				710415188
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		702 SOUTHWEST 8TH ST
		CITY:			BENTONVILLE
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			72716
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5012734000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		702 SOUTHWEST 8TH STREET
		CITY:			BENTONVILLE
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			72716

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SHEWMAKER JACK C
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001194714

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06991
		FILM NUMBER:		07898852

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		WAL MART STORES INC
		STREET 2:		702 SW 8TH STREET
		CITY:			BENTONVILLE
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			72716-0130
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-06-01</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000104169</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>WAL MART STORES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>WMT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001194714</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SHEWMAKER JACK C</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>702 S.W. 8TH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BENTONVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>AR</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>72716-0215</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-06-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2830</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2830</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-06-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>5</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>G</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value>E</value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2830</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2250</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Wife</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2632604</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Limited Partnership</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-06-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>5</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>G</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value>E</value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2830</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>560503.74</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Trust</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Each outside director is entitled to $140,000 of stock as part of his or her non-management director compensation.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Geoffrey W. Edwards, by Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-06-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>doc4683.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
WAL*MART
LEGAL DFPARTMENT

                                 POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby designates Jeffrey J. Gearhart, Samuel A. Guess,
Geoffrey W. Edwards, and Jennifer F. Rudolph or either of them acting
singly and with full power of substitution, as the undersigned's true
and lawful attomey-in-fact to:

(I) 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 electronic
filings with the SEC of reports required by
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2) to execute and file on the undersigned's behalf all
Forms 3, 4, and 5 (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, or 5, 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 Jeffrey J. Gearhart, Samuel A. Guess,
Goeffrey 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, and 5 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., Jeffrey J. Gearhart,
Samuel A. Guess, Geofrrey 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, or
any rule or regulation of the SEC.


Date: 5/25/07


Jack C. Shewmaker
</TEXT>
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