Edmond Harjo was the last surviving Code Talker for the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. He died at Mercy Hospital in Ada, Oklahoma at the age of 96. He was an U S Army Private First Class in World War 2, assigned to Battery A of the 195th Field Artillery Battalion in Germany. He received a Good Conduct Medal and a European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Service Ribbon with one Silver Service Star for his service as a Code Talker. He was a graduate of Seminole High School and Oklahoma City University. After the war he was a teacher in the Maud, Oklahoma School District and at several other schools. On November 20, 2013 he attended a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Washington, D C that honored Code Talkers from 33 tribes. He was the only living code talker to attend the ceremony and he accepted the medal on behalf of the Seminole Nation and the other tribes at the ceremony. He was an accomplished pianist who liked to play Beethoven's 5th Symphony and selections from other concert composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach and Tchaikovsky. He played the piano in several gospel quartets and at the nutrition center in Maud, Oklahoma. He said his first love was always music and the piano. Edmond was never married. He was a member of Achena Presbyterian Church. He was born on the original allotted land in Maud, Oklahoma that belonged to his mother, Yanna (Grant) Harjo.
Edmond Harjo was the last surviving Code Talker for the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. He died at Mercy Hospital in Ada, Oklahoma at the age of 96. He was an U S Army Private First Class in World War 2, assigned to Battery A of the 195th Field Artillery Battalion in Germany. He received a Good Conduct Medal and a European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Service Ribbon with one Silver Service Star for his service as a Code Talker. He was a graduate of Seminole High School and Oklahoma City University. After the war he was a teacher in the Maud, Oklahoma School District and at several other schools. On November 20, 2013 he attended a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in Washington, D C that honored Code Talkers from 33 tribes. He was the only living code talker to attend the ceremony and he accepted the medal on behalf of the Seminole Nation and the other tribes at the ceremony. He was an accomplished pianist who liked to play Beethoven's 5th Symphony and selections from other concert composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach and Tchaikovsky. He played the piano in several gospel quartets and at the nutrition center in Maud, Oklahoma. He said his first love was always music and the piano. Edmond was never married. He was a member of Achena Presbyterian Church. He was born on the original allotted land in Maud, Oklahoma that belonged to his mother, Yanna (Grant) Harjo.
