Lloyd Oliver

{{Short description|US Marine Corps Navajo Code Talker (1923–2011)}}

{{Infobox military person

| name = Lloyd Oliver

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|4|23}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|3|16|1923|4|23}}

| birth_place = Shiprock, New Mexico

| death_place = Avondale, Arizona

| allegiance = United States

| branch = United States Marine Corps

| serviceyears = 1942–1945

| rank = Corporal

| awards = Congressional Gold Medal

}}

Lloyd Oliver (April 23, 1923 – March 16, 2011) was an American veteran of the United States Marine Corps and one of the original 29 members of the Navajo Code Talkers during World War II,{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/21/local/la-me-passings-20110321|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110324102221/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/21/local/la-me-passings-20110321|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 24, 2011|title=Passings: Lloyd Oliver, Drew Hill|accessdate=25 March 2011|date=21 March 2011|work=Los Angeles Times}} and the brother of fellow Code Talker Willard Varnell Oliver.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/03/19/member-original-2-code-talkers-dies/?test=latestnews|title=Member of Original 29 Code Talkers Dies in U.S.|accessdate=25 March 2011|date=19 March 2011|publisher=Fox News}}

Oliver served from 1942 to 1945, eventually attaining the rank of corporal.{{cite web|url=http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/03/18/20110318code-talker-lloyd-oliver-dies.html|title=Lloyd Oliver, among last of original Code Talkers, dies at 87|accessdate=25 March 2011|date=18 March 2011|author=Connie Cone Sexton and Betty Reid|publisher=AZ Central}} His parents were Howard and Olive (Lee) Oliver.{{Cite web |last=Patterson |first=Jan-Mikael |date=March 24, 2011 |title=Code talker, silversmith Lloyd Oliver left his mark history |url=https://navajotimes.com/news/2011/0311/032411oliver.php |access-date=7 January 2023 |website=Navajo Times}}Indian Census Roll Census of the Navajo reservation of the Northern Navajo jurisdiction April 1831. NARA Series M595, Roll 304, Sheet 454, lines 568-571. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1967).

Oliver was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.