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By S.J. Wilson
Tuba City, Navajo Nation, Arizona (NFIC)
The Navajo Nation feels the pain of their loss one after another. During February the Nation lost another Code Talker – Merril Sandoval who left this world on Feb. 9, 2008, after a year of illness, but he leaves the story of his life.
Merril was born April 18, 1925, in Nageezi, New Mexico. He was the son of Julian Sandoval and Helen Smith, and is Naasht’e ‘zhi’ Tabaaha Dine’e (Zuni-Edgewater Clan) born for Tl’aaschi’i (The Red Cheek Clan). After the loss of Helen, Julian remarried and between the two marriages, produced 15 children.
Tuba City, Navajo Nation, Arizona (NFIC)
The Navajo Nation feels the pain of their loss one after another. During February the Nation lost another Code Talker – Merril Sandoval who left this world on Feb. 9, 2008, after a year of illness, but he leaves the story of his life.
Merril was born April 18, 1925, in Nageezi, New Mexico. He was the son of Julian Sandoval and Helen Smith, and is Naasht’e ‘zhi’ Tabaaha Dine’e (Zuni-Edgewater Clan) born for Tl’aaschi’i (The Red Cheek Clan). After the loss of Helen, Julian remarried and between the two marriages, produced 15 children.
