URI(s)
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1921-01-23
Death Date
- 2014-06-04
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1942
- Affiliation End: 1946
- Organization: United States. Marine Corps
Has Affiliation
- Organization: VA Medical Center (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Birth Place
- McKinley County (N.M.)
Associated Language
- English
Associated Language
- Navajo
Field of Activity
Occupation
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Code talker, c2011:ECIP t.p. (Chester Nez) galley (Navajo code talker and U.S. Marine in WWII)
- found: Los Angeles times WWW site, June 5, 2014(in article dated June 4, 2014: Chester Nez; died Wednesday [June 4, 2014] in Albuquerque, at 93; member of the original Navajo code talkers, the group of 28 Native Americans who played a crucial role for U.S. communications during World War II)
- found: Washington post WWW site, June 5, 2014(Chester Nez; born in 1921; died Wednesday [June 14, 2014] at 93; last of the World War II Navajo "code talkers"; enlisted in the Marines in 1942)
- found: Chester Nez collection(AFC2001/001/54891), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress :( Chester Nez b. 1921, Chi Chil Tah, New Mexico; d. June 2014; War or Conflict: World War II; Status: Veteran; Dates of Service: 1942-1946; Branch/Unit of Service: Marine Corps/ 1st Marine Division/3rd Marine Divsion; Highest Rank: Corporal.)
- found: Find a grave website, reviewed 10-25-2022(b. 01-23-1921; d. 06-04-2014 Albuquerque, New Mexico.) - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130862886/chester-nez
- found: New York times article, reviewed 10-25-2022(worked for many years as a painter and muralist at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Albuquerque.) - https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/06/us/chester-nez-dies-at-93-his-native-tongue-helped-to-win-a-war-of-words.html
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Change Notes
- 2011-06-10: new
- 2023-08-26: revised
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