Corporal Roy “Ray” R Foghorn

Born: August 27, 1924
Died: July 27, 1999

Roy “Ray” Foghorn was born November 27, 1924 in Toadlena, NM to Oliver ‘Tseh Nah Bilth Ni Nez’ and Virginia Deal Foghorn.^{1, 2}  Foghorn enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on March 26, 1943.¹ He served as a Navajo Code Talker during World War II until he was discharged on December 30, 1945.¹ The Code Talkers were tasked with transmitting encoded messages during the Pacific War.³ In January 1949, Foghorn married Cecilia Montoya.⁴ He died July 27, 1999, and in 2001, Foghorn was posthumously awarded the Congressional Silver Medal.^{2, 5}

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1. New Mexico Commission of Public Records, State Records Center and Archives; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Subsubseries: Military Discharges; Box Number: 16582; Box Title: Military Discharges Flourney-Futrell
2. Roy R. Foghorn. Find a Grave. Roy R Foghorn. Find a Grave. Accessed July 30, 2023. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/657287/roy-r-foghorn
3. “Navajo Code Talkers in World War II.” Marine Corps University. Accessed July 30, 2023. https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/People/Navajo-Code-Talkers-in-WWII/
4. “Marriage Licenses.” The Albuquerque Journal. January 4, 1949.
5. “Overdue Recognition.” National Museum of the American Indian. Accessed July 30, 2023. 

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Roy R Foghorn. Find a Grave. Accessed July 30, 2023. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/657287/roy-r-foghorn

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