PHOTOS: Family says goodbye to Navajo Code Talker William Tully Brown Sr. | June 6

Members of the U.S. Marine Corps Delta Company, 4th Recon from Albuquerque carry the casket of Navajo Code Talker William Tully Brown Sr. on June 6 at the Fort Defiance Veterans Cemetery in Fort Defiance, Ariz.

A photo of Navajo Code Talker William Tully Brown Sr. is placed on his grave at the Fort Defiance Veterans Cemetery on June 6 in Fort Defiance, Ariz.

Vee F. Browne-Yellowhair, center, watches U.S. Marine Corps members fold the burial flag for her father, Navajo Code Talker William Tully Brown Sr., on June 6 at the Fort Defiance Veterans Cemetery in Fort Defiance, Ariz.

Family members of Navajo Code Talker William Tully Brown Sr. attend his memorial service on June 6 at the Fort Defiance Veterans Cemetery in Fort Defiance, Ariz.

Pauline Francis, left, comforts Raquel Brown during a memorial service for Navajo Code Talker William Tully Brown Sr. on June 6 at the Fort Defiance Veterans Cemetery in Fort Defiance, Ariz. Raquel is one of Brown's daughters.

Members of the U.S. Marine Corps Delta Company, 4th Recon from Albuquerque wait to perform a rifle detail and the playing of taps at the June 6 memorial service for Navajo Code Talker William Tully Brown Sr. at the Fort Defiance Veterans Cemetery in Fort Defiance, Ariz.

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez pays his respects to Navajo Code Talker William Tully Brown Sr. during the June 6 memorial service at the Fort Defiance Veterans Cemetery in Fort Defiance, Ariz.

Dewhite Brown, left, watches as flowers are placed on the grave of his father, Navajo Code Talker William Tully Brown Sr., on June 6 at the Fort Defiance Veterans Cemetery in Fort Defiance, Ariz.

Vee F. Browne-Yellowhair embraces the burial flag for her father, Navajo Code Talker William Tully Brown, during his memorial service on June 6 at the Fort Defiance Veterans Cemetery in Fort Defiance, Ariz.

A relative places signage on the grave for Navajo Code Talker William Tully Brown Sr. on June 6 at the Fort Defiance Veterans Cemetery in Fort Defiance, Ariz.

A great-granddaughter of Navajo Code Talker William Tully Brown Sr. reads a poem during the June 6 memorial service at the Fort Defiance Veterans Cemetery in Fort Defiance, Ariz.

Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez watches a U.S. Marine Corps member fold the burial flag for Navajo Code Talker William Tully Brown Sr. on June 6 at the Fort Defiance Veterans Cemetery in Fort Defiance, Ariz.

Delilah Yazzie places roses on the grave of her grandfather, Navajo Code Talker William Tully Brown Sr., on June 6 at the Fort Defiance Veterans Cemetery in Fort Defiance, Ariz.

Nikki Tully wears a red scarf family members received at the June 6 memorial service for Navajo Code Talker William Tully Brown Sr. at the Fort Defiance Veterans Cemetery in Fort Defiance, Ariz.