John Doolie, a native of New Mexico, is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/goldengate.asp.  He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on March 26, 1943. Cpl. Doolie was a Navajo Code Talker in the Pacific Theater during World War II and served until January 1946. In 2001, the Navajo Code Talkers received the Congressional Silver Medal. Doolie's honor was posthumous. He died on December 31, 1947.https://nnva.navajo-nsn.gov/Navajo-Code-Talker
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Marine Private First Class John Doolie, of Gallup, is shown second from the left with four fellow Marines who belong to the same Indian tribe together during a rest period at a base somewhere in the Pacific. Together in the same Second Division Marine unit since they enlisted, they saw action together in the battle of Tarawa. Left to right, they are: Private Reuben Curley, Winslow, Arizona; Private Forst Class Doolie; Private First Class Richard T. Slinkey, Fort Defiance, Ariz,; Private First Class Sam J Billy, Crownpoint, N.M.; Private First Class Herbert Morgan, Crownpoint.

The Gallup Independent 1944 08 09 Page 12 Doolie etc

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