The passing of 107-year-old John Kinsel, Sr. on October 19, 2024, was announced in a post on social media, which paid homage to his legacy as one of the 400 code talkers to have served overseas during World War II. Serving in the US Marine Corps from October 1942 to January ’46, Kinsel was part of the second group of Marines to be trained as code talkers. Kinsel was a Marine who bravely and selflessly fought for all of us in the most terrifying circumstances with the greatest responsibility as a Navajo Code Talker.