Code Talker Teddy Draper Sr. dies at 96; was former Prescott Veterans Day Parade grand marshal

In this 2006 file photo, Navajo Code Talkers Albert Smith, Teddy Draper Sr., center, and Samuel Tso read the names of their brothers-in-arms written on a pillar dedicated to them during the filming of a documentary about them in Gallup, N.M. Navajo Nation officials said Draper died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, at age 96 in Prescott, Ariz. Draper resided in Chinle, Ariz. (AP, File)

In this 2006 file photo, Navajo Code Talkers Albert Smith, Teddy Draper Sr., center, and Samuel Tso read the names of their brothers-in-arms written on a pillar dedicated to them during the filming of a documentary about them in Gallup, N.M. Navajo Nation officials said Draper died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, at age 96 in Prescott, Ariz. Draper resided in Chinle, Ariz. (AP, File)

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