Sammy Silversmith, a Navajo and native of New Mexico, is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/santafe.asp. 
 He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on April 26, 1943. PFC Silversmith was a Navajo Code Talker in the Pacific Theater during World War II and served into November 1946. In 2001, the Navajo Code Talkers were presented with the Congressional Silver Medal. Silversmith's honor was posthumous; he died February 7, 2001.  https://nnva.navajo-nsn.gov/Navajo-Code-Talker.
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