Navajo code talker dies at age 92

CHICHILTAH, N.M. — A Navajo code talker has died in New Mexico.

Kee Etsicitty was 92 years old when he died on Tuesday. He lived in the community of Chichiltah, about 25 miles from Gallup.

The Navajo Nation Council held a moment of silence for Etsicitty and flags will be flown at half-staff in his honor.

Etsicitty joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1943, helping use the Navajo language to outsmart the Japanese in World War II.

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