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Joe Hosteen Kellwood Navajo Nation Mourns Loss of Navajo Code Talker Joe Kellwood

Died
  
5 September 2016, Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Joe Hosteen Kellwood (August 20, 1921 – September 5, 2016) was a United States Marine, best known for serving as a Navajo code talker during World War II.

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Born in Steamboat Canyon, Arizona, on the Navajo Reservation, Kellwood was a carpenter. He served in the First Marine Division and served in the Pacific front, seeing battle in Cape Gloucester, Peleliu and Okinawa. He received the Congressional Silver Medal for his service. Kellwood died at the veterans hospital in Phoenix, Arizona.

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