In memory of USMC LCpl. Alejandro J. Yazzie

Marine Lance Cpl. Alejandro J. Yazzie
Died February 16, 2010 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom

Age 23, of Rock Point, Ariz.; assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; died Feb. 16 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

He was Hashk’aa Hadzohó (Yucca Fruit Strung in a Line Clan), born for Tó’ Áhání (Near to Water Clan). His maternal grandfather was Bit’ahnii (Folded Arms Clan) and his paternal grandfather is Kinyaa’áanii (Towering House Clan).

“WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — A Marine from the small Navajo community of Rock Point has died in Afghanistan, community members and the Department of Defense say.

The remains of Lance Cpl. Alejandro Yazzie, 23, arrived Thursday at Dover Air Force Base, Del.

Yazzie, assigned to the Camp Pendleton, Calif.-based 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, died Tuesday while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, according to a Defense Department release.

Tribal officials say Yazzie was a 2004 graduate of Rock Point High School…”
(https://thefallen.militarytimes.com)

In addition to his wife, son and mother, Yazzie is survived by his father, Johnson Yazzie; grandmother, Minnie Yazzie; stepfather, Peter Begay; three younger brothers, Ferlando Lorin Bitsui, Rodello Holyan and Chance Holyan; and younger sister, Rayona Holyan.