Ross Haskie, a Navajo and native of Arizona, is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/santafe.asp.  He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on May 25, 1942. Cpl. Haskie was a Navajo Code Talker in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and one of the first to see action. One of the original twenty-nine Code Talkers Chester Nez credited Haskie and two others with creating the code. In July 2001 the original twenty-nine Navajo Code Talkers received the Congressional Gold Medal. Haskie's honor was posthumous; he died September 12, 1976.  https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/151597287.pdf.
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Ross Haskie
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Ross Haskie, 60, Blanding, suffered a fatal heart attack last Sunday morning, September 12. Mr. Haskie had served as principal of Mexican Hat elementary school for four years. Prior to this he had taught and worked as administrator in BIA schools on the reservation. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 10 a.m.

and were conducted by the Blanding First Ward. Interment was in the Santa Fe, New Mexico cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Linda, and several stepchildren.

Source: "Obituary for Ross Haskie" Newspapers.com. The San Juan Record, September 16, 1976. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-juan-record-obituary-for-ross-ha/164529005/.

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