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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-09-015027.txt : 20090702
<SEC-HEADER>0001127602-09-015027.hdr.sgml : 20090702
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090702163426
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-09-015027
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090630
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090702
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090702

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			QUESTROM ALLEN I
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001246091

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-06991
		FILM NUMBER:		09927941

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6501 LEGACY DR
		CITY:			PLANO
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75024

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
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-06-30</periodOfReport>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001246091</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>QUESTROM ALLEN I</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>702 SW 8TH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BENTONVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>AR</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>72716</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-06-30</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>309.6614</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>11277.1785</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents quarterly director compensation, which the reporting person elected to receive in this form of stock.  The number of shares was determined using the closing price of the Issuer's common stock on the date of the grant.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Geoffrey W. Edwards, by Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-07-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>doc1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned hereby designates Gordon Y. Allison, Geoffrey W. Edwards,
Jennifer F. Rudolph, and Anthony D. George 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, Jennifer F.
Rudolph, or Anthony D. George 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, Jennifer F. Rudolph nor Anthony D. George 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: ___________			______________________________
					Allen I. Questrom


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