What are the names of the existing Navajo code talkers in 2012?

Answer 1

As of late 2007, there are less than a handful of the original code talkers left but there are reported to be about 70 living from the 400 or so code talkers who were eventually employed by the government.

Answer 2

The last of the original 29 code talkers, Chester Nez, died today, June 4, 2014, at age 93 in Albequerque of kidney failure. There were 300 other who learned and used the code. I'm not sure how many of them are still alive.

Answer 3

There are about 70 code talkers still alive out of a little more than 400 who were in the program. Only one of the first original group is alive, Chester Nez. Most are in their 70's and 80's. The earliest ones were the 29 recruited in 1942 who helped create the code. Some were as young as 16 or 17 in 1942. The code was used from the Japanese war in the Pacific to Korea and Vietnam. The related link has the list of all the code talkers from the Navajo Nation.

Answer 4

As of now, only one of the original 29 Navajo code talkers are still living

Answer 5

The last of the 29 (Chester Nez) who created the code died in June, 2014. Of the 400 who learned and used the code, 35 are still alive in 2014.

Answer 6

Yes.