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Lloyd Oliver

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Years of service
  
1942–1945

Rank
  
Corporal


Awards
  
Congressional Gold Medal

Name
  
Lloyd Oliver

Siblings
  
Willard Varnell Oliver

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Born
  
April 23, 1923 Shiprock, New Mexico (
1923-04-23
)

Died
  
March 16, 2011, Avondale, Arizona, United States

Service/branch
  
United States Marine Corps

Allegiance
  
United States of America

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, and the brother of fellow Code Talker Willard Varnell Oliver.

Oliver served from 1942 to 1945, eventually attaining the rank of Corporal.

Oliver was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

References

Lloyd Oliver Wikipedia