World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Lloyd Oliver
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Shiprock, New Mexico
Honored By
George Weck
Relationship
Friend
PROUDLY SERVED AS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 29 NAVAJO CODE TALKERS WHICH WERE AN ELITE GROUP OF MARINES WHO HELPED DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A CODE BASED ON THE NAVAJO LANGUAGE THAT HELPED WIN THE WAR. HE ENLISTED IN 1942 AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A CORPORAL IN 1945.