Lloyd Oliver Explained

Lloyd Oliver
Birth Date:23 April 1923
Birth Place:Shiprock, New Mexico
Death Place:Avondale, Arizona
Allegiance:United States
Branch:United States Marine Corps
Serviceyears: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] His parents were Howard and Olive (Lee) Oliver.[4] [5]

Oliver was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Passings: Lloyd Oliver, Drew Hill. https://web.archive.org/web/20110324102221/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/21/local/la-me-passings-20110321. dead. March 24, 2011. 25 March 2011. 21 March 2011. Los Angeles Times.
  2. Web site: Member of Original 29 Code Talkers Dies in U.S.. 25 March 2011. 19 March 2011. Fox News.
  3. Web site: Lloyd Oliver, among last of original Code Talkers, dies at 87. 25 March 2011. 18 March 2011. Connie Cone Sexton and Betty Reid. AZ Central.
  4. Web site: Patterson . Jan-Mikael . March 24, 2011 . Code talker, silversmith Lloyd Oliver left his mark history . 7 January 2023 . Navajo Times.
  5. Indian Census Roll Census of the Navajo reservation of the Northern Navajo jurisdiction April 1831. NARA Series M595, Roll 304, Sheet 454, lines 568-571. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1967).

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