Joe Hosteen Kellwood, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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US Marine, Navajo code talker
Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1921
Date of Death: 05-Sep-2016
Profession: military personnel, carpenter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Joe Hosteen Kellwood
- Joe Hosteen Kellwood (August 20, 1921 – September 5, 2016) was a United States Marine, best known for serving as a Navajo code talker during World War II. Born in Steamboat Canyon, Arizona, on the Navajo Reservation, Kellwood was a carpenter.
- He served in the First Marine Division and served in the Pacific front, seeing battle in Cape Gloucester, Peleliu and Okinawa.
- He received the Congressional Silver Medal for his service.
- Kellwood died at the veterans hospital in Phoenix, Arizona.
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