John Kinsel Sr., one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers, dies at 107

Oct. 20 (UPI) – John Kinsel Sr., one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers who sent coded messages for the U.S. military during WWII through their tribe's unwritten language, has died. He was 107.

Both the Navajo Nation and the U.S. Marines confirmed Kinsel died on Saturday.

"Mr. Kinsel was a Marine who bravely and selflessly fought for all of us in the most terrifying circumstances with the greatest responsibility as a Navajo Code Talker," President Buu Nygren of the Navajo Nation said in a statement.

"He fought alongside his brothers in arms, for the U.S. Marine Corps, for the United States and to protect the Navajo Nation in a time of war."

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