
Navajo Code Talkers, Heros of WWII and The Navaho/Navajo Nation (Naabeehó Bináhásdzo)
From; http://www.lapahie.com/navajo_code_talker_names.cfm
Monday - October 3, 2011 - 4:26:33 PM - Navajo Nation Time
During the early days of World War II a Marine Corps Officer, and son of a missionary to the Navajo People, presented an idea to his superior officers and the Navajo Code was born...
This project is about the Navajo men and boys that developed that officer's idea and used it in battle to confound the enemy throughout the Pacific Theater of Operations. Other Native American peoples were also Code Talkers in their languages as early as World War I.
Initially, thirty young Navajo men, fluent in both Navajo and English, were recruited. One of these “dropped out” of the program leaving 29 Original Navajo Code Talkers, as they came to be known. The 352 Code Talkers who came later used the code developed by the first 29... The Navajo Code that was never broken. As of this date, all of the original 29 have left us.
The Navajo Code Talkers were told to keep their role secret in case it needed to be used again. It never was, and modern communication techniques mean it never will; but that’s okay, some were told by their elders that stories of war were not part of the Navajo Way. In 1968 the role of the Navajo Code Talker was declassified and in the 1990's the men were awarded special medals from Congress. Gold for the 29 and silver for the rest.
This memorial is developed as a tribute and legacy to these brave men, and as a place for their families to claim their heroic ancestors and build on the family trees we started.
Your input is always welcome.
KIA = Killed-In-Action
Navajo Code Talkers
- Akee, Dan
- Alfred, Johnny
- Allen, Perry
- Anderson, Edward B.
- Anthony, Franklin A.
- Apache, Jimmie
- Arviso, Bennie
- Ashley, Regis
- Augustine, John
- Ayze, Lewis Franklin
- Babiya, Don
- Bahe, Henry Jr.
- Bahe, Woody
- Baldwin, Benjamin C.
- Beard, Harold
- Becenti, Ned D.
- Becenti, Roy Lewis
- Bedoni, Sidney
- Begay, Carlos
- Begay, Charley (or Charlie) Tsosie (or Sosie) One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Begay, Charlie Y.(or H.)
- Begay, E.
- Begay, George K.
- Begay, Henry
- Begay, Jerry Claschee Jr.
- Begay, Jimmie M.
- Begay, Joe N.
- Begay, Lee H.
- Begay, Leo B.
- Begay, Leonard
- Begay, Notah
- Begay, Paul KIA Okinawa
- Begay, Roy One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Begay, Samuel Hosteen Nez One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Begay, Thomas H.
- Begay, Walter
- Begay, Walter "Willie" Kesoli
- Begay, Wilson J.
- Begaye, Fleming D. Sr.
- Begody, David Maize
- Begody, Roger
- Belinda, Wilmer
- Belone, Harry Sr.
- Benally, Harrison Lee
- Benally, Harry
- Benally, Jimmie L.
- Benally, John Ashi One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Benally, Johnson Delwashie
- Benally, Samuel
- Bennallie (or Benallalie), Jimmie D.
- Bentone (or Benton), Willie Sr.
- Bernard, John
- Betone, Lloyd
- Bia, Andrew
- Billey, Wilfred E.
- Billie, Ben
- Billiman, Howard Jr.
- Billison, Samuel
- Billy, Sam Jones
- Bitse, Peter John
- Bitsie, Wilsie H. One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Bitsoi, Delford E. (or Baldwin)
- Bizard, Jesse J.
- Black, Jesse
- Blatchford, Paul H.
- Bluehorse, David
- Bowman, John Henry
- Bowman, Robert
- Brown, Arthur C.
- Brown, Clarence Paul
- Brown, Cosey Stanley One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Brown, John Jr. One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Brown, Neulon Ashley, Jr.
- Brown, Tsosie Herman
- Brown, William Tully
- Buck, Wilford
- Burke, Bobby
- Burnie, Jose Jr.
- Burnside, Francis A.
- Burr, Sandy
- Cadman, William
- Calleditto, Andrew
- Carroll, Oscar Tsosie
- Cattlechaser, Dennis
- Cayedito, Del
- Cayedito, Ralph
- Charley, Carson Bahe
- Charlie, Sam Sr.
- Chase, Frederick
- Chavez, George Sr.
- Chee, Guy Claus
- Chee, John One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Clah, Stewart
- Clark, Jimmie
- Claw, Thomas
- Cleveland, Benjamin H. One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Cleveland, Billie
- Cleveland, Ned
- Cody, Leslie
- Cohoe, James Charles
- Craig, Bob Etsitty
- Crawford, Eugene Roanhorse One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Crawford, Karl Kee
- Cronemeyer, Walter
- Crosby, Billy
- Curley, David One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Curley, Rueben
- Dale, Ray
- Damon, Anson Chandler
- Damon, Lowell Smith One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Davis, Tully
- Deel, Martin Dale
- Dehiya, Dan
- Dennison, George H. One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Dennison, Leo
- Dixon, James One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Dodge, Jerome Cody
- Dooley, Richard
- Doolie, John
- Doolie, Richardson
- Draper, Nelson
- Draper, Teddy Sr.
- Etsicitty, Kee
- Etsitty, Deswood
- Evans, Harold
- Foghorn, Ray
- Foster, Harold Y.
- Fowler, King
- Francisco, Jimmy
- Freeman, Edwin
- Gatewood, Joseph Patrick
- George, William M.
- Gishal (or Gishall), Milton Miller
- Gleason, Jimmie
- Goldtooth (or Gooldtooth), Emmett
- Goodluck, John V.
- Goodman, Billie
- Gorman, Carl Nelson One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Gorman, Tom
- Gray, Harvey
- Grayson, Bill Lewis
- Greymountain, Yazzie
- Guerito, Billy Lewis
- Gustine, Tully
- Guy, Charles
- Harding, Ben Williams (or William)
- Harding, Jack W.
- Hardy, Tom
- Harrison, Emmett
- Haskie, Ross
- Hawthorne, Roy Orville
- Haycock, Bud
- Hemstreet, Leslie
- Henry, Albert
- Henry, Edmund Juan Sr.
- Henry, Kent Carl
- Hickman, Dean Junian
- Holiday, Calvin
- Holiday, Samuel T.
- Housewood, Johnson KIA Guam
- Housteen, Dennie
- Howard, Ambrose
- Hubbard, Arthur Jose
- Hudson, Lewey
- Hunter, Tom
- Ilthma, Oscar B. One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Jake, H.
- James, Benjamin
- James, Billy
- James, George B.
- Jenson, Nevy
- Johle, Elliott
- John, Charlie Tsihi
- John, Edmund
- John, Leroy
- Johnny, Earl
- Johnson, Deswood Remy
- Johnson, Francis Taylor
- Johnson, Johnnie (or Johnny)
- Johnson, Peter KIA Iwo Jima
- Johnson, Ralph
- Jones, Jack
- Jones, Tom H.
- Jordan, David
- Jose, Teddy
- June, Allen Dale One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- June, Floyd
- Keams, Percy
- Keedah, Wilson
- Kellwood, Joe (or Joseph) H.
- Kescoli, Alonzo
- Ketchum, Bahe
- Kien, William
- King, Jimmy Kelly Sr. KIA
- Kinlahcheeny, Paul KIA Iwo Jima
- Kinsel, John Sr.
- Kirk, George Harlan Sr.
- Kirk, Leo KIA
- Kiyaani, Mike
- Kontz, Rex T.
- Lapahie, Harrison Sr.
- Largo, James
- Leonard, Alfred One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Leroy, George (or John)
- Leuppe, Edward
- Little, Keith Morrison
- Lopez, Tommy K.
- MacDonald, Peter
- Malone, Max
- Malone, Rex T.
- Malone, Robert
- Maloney, James
- Maloney, Paul Edward
- Manuelito, Ben Charles
- Manuelito, Ira
- Manuelito, James C. Sr.
- Manuelito, Johnny R. One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Manuelito, Peter R.
- Marianito, Frank
- Mark, Robert
- Martin, Matthew
- Martinez, Jose
- McCabe, William One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- McCraith, Archibald
- Mike, King Paul
- Miles, General
- Moffitt, Tom Clah
- Morgan, Herbert
- Morgan, Jack C.
- Morgan, Ralph KIA Cape Gloucester
- Morgan, Sam KIA Iwo Jima
- Morris, Joe
- Moss, George Alfred
- Multine, Oscar Phillip
- Murphy, Calvin Henderson
- Nagurski, Adolph (or Alolph) N.
- Nahkai, James Thomas Jr.
- Nakaidinae, Peter
- Napa, Martin
- Naswood, Johnson
- Negale, Harding
- Newman, Alfred K. Sr.
- Nez, Arthur
- Nez, Chester One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Nez, Freeland
- Nez, Howard Hosteen Sr.
- Nez, Israel Hosteen
- Nez, Jack One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Nez, Sidney
- Notah, Roy Becenti
- Notah, Willie A. KIA Iwo Jima
- O'Dell, Billy
- Oliver, Lloyd One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Oliver, Willard V.
- Otero, Tom
- Paddock, Layton Sr.
- Pahe, Robert D.
- **Palmer, Joe (originally Balmer Slowtalker) One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Parrish, Paul A.
- Patrick, Amos Roy
- Patterson, David E.
- Peaches, Alfred James
- Peshlakai, Sam
- Pete, Frank Danny One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Peterson, Joe (or Jose) Sr.
- Pinto, Guy
- Pinto, John
- Platero, Richard
- Preston, Jimmie
- Price, Joe Frederick
- Price, Wilson Henry
- Reed, Sam
- Roanhorse, Harry C.
- Sage, Andy
- Sage, Denny
- Salabiye, Jerry Edgar Sr.
- Sandoval, Merril Leo
- Sandoval, Peter Paul
- Sandoval, Samuel
- Sandoval, Thomas
- Scott, John
- Sells, John Captain
- Shields, Freddie
- Shorty, Dooley
- Shorty, Robert Tom
- Silversmith, Joe A.
- Silversmith, Sammy
- Singer, Oscar Jones
- Singer, Richard B.
- Singer, Tom KIA Peleliu
- Skeet, Wilson Chee
- Slinky, Richard T.
- Slivers, Albert James
- **Slowtalker, Balmer (later Joe Palmer) One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Smiley, Arcenio
- Smith, Albert
- Smith, Enock
- Smith, George
- Smith, Raymond R.
- Smith, Samuel Jesse (or Jessie) Sr.
- Soce, George Bill
- Sorrell, Benjamin G. Sr.
- Spencer, Harry
- Tabaha, Johnnie Sr.
- Tah, Alfred
- Tah, Edward
- Talley, John
- Tallsalt, Bert
- Thomas, Edward
- Thomas, Richard Sr.
- Thompson, Claire M. Sr.
- Thompson, Everett (or Everitt) M.
- Thompson, Francis Tso
- Thompson, Frank T.
- Thompson, Nelson S. One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Todacheene, Carl Leo
- Todacheenie, Frank Carl
- Tohe, Benson
- Toledo, Bill Henry
- Toledo, Curtis
- Toledo, Frank
- Toledo, Preston
- Toledo, Willie
- Towne, Joseph H.
- Towne, Zane
- Tracy, Peter
- Tso, Chester Housteen
- Tso, Howard Benedict
- Tso, Paul Edward
- Tso, Samuel N.
- Tsosie, Alfred KIA Cape Gloucester
- Tsosie, Cecil Gorman
- Tsosie, Collins D.
- Tsosie, David W.
- Tsosie, Harry One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers KIA Bougainville
- Tsosie, Howard KIA
- Tsosie, Kenneth
- Tsosie, Samuel Sr.
- Tsosie, Woody B.
- Upshaw, John
- Upshaw, William R.
- Vandever, Joe Sr.
- Visalia, Buster
- Wagner, Oliver
- Walley, Robert (or Roberts)
- Werito, John
- Whitman, Lyman Jimmie
- Willeto, Frank Chee Jr.
- Williams, Alex
- Williams, Kenneth
- Willie, George Boyd
- Willie, John W. Jr. One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Wilson, William Dean
- Woodty, Clarence Bahie
- Yazza, Peter
- Yazza, Vincent
- Yazzie, Charlie
- Yazzie, Clifton
- Yazzie, Daniel
- Yazzie, Eddie Melvin
- Yazzie, Edison Kee
- Yazzie, Felix
- Yazzie, Francis
- Yazzie, Frank Harold
- Yazzie, Harding
- Yazhe, Harrison A.
- Yazzie, Joe Shorty
- Yazzie, John
- Yazzie, Justine D.
- Yazzie, Lemuel Bahe
- Yazzie, Ned
- Yazzie, Pahe D.
- Yazzie, Peter
- Yazzie, Raphael D.
- Yazzie, Robert H.
- Yazzie, Sam
- Yazzie, William One of the First 29 Navajo Code Talkers
- Yellowhair, Leon
- Yellowhair, Stanley
- Yellowman, Howard Thomas
- Yoe, George Edward
- Zah, Henry