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Paratrooper John Doe

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Paratrooper John Doe missing person army veteran 1984 Florida Airborne
​Unidentified Person / NamUs #UP1254
​Male, White / Caucasian

Date Found: May 26, 1984 (Memorial Day Weekend)
Location Found: Fort Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Estimated Age Range: 21-30 Years Old in 1984

Race: White 
Sex: Male
Weight (pounds) 162, Estimated
Height (inches) 66”, Estimated (Fingerprint card indicated 69" tall)

Body Parts Inventory: All parts recovered
Body conditions: Recognizable face
Probable year of death: 1984
Estimated postmortem interval: 1 Day
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Circumstances of Recovery: Found floating in the Intercoastal Waterway

Physical Description
Hair color: Brown
Head hair: Light Brown
Facial hair: None
Eye description: Brown

Clothing on body: A tan bathing suit

Tattoos : The left arm has a tattoo reading "Born to Fly" and the right arm has tattoo reading "U.S. Paratroopers"

Fingerprint information is available and entered
Dental information / charting is available and entered
DNA Status: Unknown

Investigating Agencies:
Fort Lauderdale Police Department
1300 West Broward Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33312
Agency Case Number
84-73082
Main Phone (954) 828-5700
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Wendy Crane, Medicolegal Death Investigator
District 17 Medical Examiners Office - Broward County
5301 SW 31st Avenue
Ft Lauderdale, Florida 33312
Main Phone (954) 357-5200

His NamUs page: ​https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/1254
Also see: Florida Unidentified Decedent Database Info
Artist's rendition of his face and tattoos.
Unidentified missing Person Florida Paratrooper Airborne tattoos
Unidentified missing Person Florida Paratrooper Airborne tattoo
Unidentified missing Person Florida Paratrooper Airborne tattoo
Given his estimated age in 1984: His year of birth would likely be somewhere between 1954 and 1963.
​If he went into the service at the age of 18 then his active service years would likely be somewhere between 1972 and 1984.
​His peer group (friends, siblings, schoolmates, military buddies) would be in their late 50's to early 60's in 2020.
Newspaper reports from the time of his death.
 unidentified missing person paratrooper tattoos 1984
fort lauderdale florida unidentified missing person 1984 paratrooper tattoos
General area of where he was found: 500 block of Bayshore Drive, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33304
A copy of his fingerprint card.
Unidentified missing Person Florida Paratrooper Airborne tattoo fingerprints

Army Airborne Information

From Wikipedia - ​Paratroopers are military parachutists — military personnel trained in parachuting into an operation and usually functioning as part of an airborne force. Military parachutists (troops) and parachutes were first used on a large scale during World War II for troop distribution and transportation. Paratroopers are often used to seize strategic objectives such as airfields or bridges.
Paratrooper airborne tattoo skull wings beret missing person
A similar tattoo to one he had.
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