October 17, 2017
Earl Patterson, Sr., 94, passed away Oct. 8 in New Mexico. Patterson served in the U.S. Marine Corp as a Navajo Code Talker during WWII. Submitted photo
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Navajo Code Talker, Earl Patterson, Sr. passes away
Nation honors Code Talker as veteran, husband, father and grandfather
The Navajo Nation mourned the loss of Navajo Code Talker Earl Patterson, Sr., who passed away from pneumonia and complications from subdural hematoma Oct. 8 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico at the age of 94.
By Navajo-Hopi Observer
October 17, 2017
