Lloyd Oliver

Lloyd Oliver
Born	(1923-04-23)April 23, 1923 Shiprock, New Mexico
Died	March 16, 2011(2011-03-16) (aged 87) Avondale, Arizona
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Marine Corps
Years of service	1942–1945
Rank	Corporal
Awards	Congressional Gold Medal

Lloyd Oliver (April 23, 1923 – March 16, 2011) was an American veteran of the United States Marine Corps and one of the original 29 members of the Navajo Code Talkers during World War II,^[1] and the brother of fellow Code Talker Willard Varnell Oliver.^[2]

Oliver served from 1942 to 1945, eventually attaining the rank of Corporal.^[3]

Oliver was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.^[2]

References

↑ "PASSINGS: Lloyd Oliver, Drew Hill". Los Angeles Times. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
1 2 "Member of Original 29 Code Talkers Dies in U.S.". Fox News. 19 March 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
↑ Connie Cone Sexton and Betty Reid (18 March 2011). "Lloyd Oliver, among last of original Code Talkers, dies at 87". AZ Central. Retrieved 25 March 2011.

New Mexico during World War II

People	Jack Aeby Jerry C. Begay John J. Dempsey Thomas Farrell Enrico Fermi Leslie Groves John E. Miles Chester Nez Lloyd Oliver Willard Varnell Oliver J. Robert Oppenheimer Merril Sandoval Emilio G. Segrè Frank Tsosie Thompson

Military installations	Alamogordo Army Airfield Camp Lordsburg Clovis Army Airfield Carlsbad Army Airfield Deming Army Airfield Fort Stanton Fort Sumner Army Aifield Hobbs Army Airfield Kirtland Field Los Alamos National Laboratory Roswell Army Airfield White Sands Proving Ground

See also	200th Coast Artillery American Theater Arizona during World War II Bat bomb Code talker Escape from Fort Stanton Lordsburg Killings Manhattan Project Military history of the United States during World War II Nevada during World War II New Mexico World War II Army Airfields Santa Fe Riot Trinity

Native Americans and World War II

People	Van T. Barfoot Jerry C. Begay Samuel Nathan Blatchford Pappy Boyington John Brown, Jr. Charles Chibitty Ernest Childers Thomas Claw Ernest E. Evans Edmond Harjo Roy W. Harmon Ira Hayes Philip Johnston Allen Dale June Joe Kieyoomia Jeff King Peter MacDonald Jack C. Montgomery Joe Morris, Sr. Chester Nez Lloyd Oliver Willard Varnell Oliver John N. Reese, Jr. Merril Sandoval Frank Tsosie Thompson Frank Chee Willeto

Tribes	Apache Blackfeet Cherokee Chitimacha Choctaw Comanche Hopi Iroquois Lakota Menominee Meskwaki Muscogee Navajo Ojibwe Akimel O'odham Tohono O'odham Osage Pawnee Potawatomi Seminole Shoshone

Engagements	1st Philippines Solomon Islands New Guinea Aleutian Islands Gilbert and Marshall Islands Marianas and Palau Islands Normandy 2nd Philippines The Bulge Volcano and Ryukyu Islands Nagasaki

See also	Apache Scouts Arizona during World War II Castner's Cutthroats Choctaw code talkers Code talkers Eskimo Scouts Great Papago Escape Machita incident Military history of the United States during World War II New Mexico during World War II

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