Circumstances of Recovery:
Skeletal remains, designated "John Doe #14-82," found in desert near Twenty-Nine Palms near shallow grave. Artificial right leg (knee and below).

​https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/2593

Information from the LA County ME's website: http://mec.lacounty.gov/unidentified-person-detail/?caseNumber=1982-08368

Case Number 1982-08368
Gender M
Approximate Age 60+ years
Ethnicity Hispanic/Latino
Date Found July 4, 1982
Hair Color Brown
Eye Color Brown
Weight 134
Height 5'8"
Tattoos
Tatoos: Large shape heart with a "J" in the center of the heart on his chest, "Born to Love" on mid abdomin, "USN" upper left shoulder, "Lucky 13" and "MOM & DAD" on upper right shoulder. Other tatoos to his body, unable to make out.
Jewelry None
Comments:
On 7/3/1982 at approx 23:55 hours he was struck by a vechicle while crossing the 110 fwy at 6th St. in Los Angeles. He was transported to local hospital where he was later pronounced on 7/4/1982.

He's in the right age range to have been on this ship:

USS Fletcher - DD-445 (1942) "Lucky 13" Only US ship to survive undamaged from Naval Battle Of Guadalcanal on the morning of 11/13/1942.

​http://www.zuzuray.com/nicknames2.html

The roster for the USS Fletcher for 1942: http://www.ussfletcher.org/rosters/1942.html

​If the tattoos ( USN and Lucky 13) point towards this his name should be in here: 

OFFICERS
COLE, William M.         LtCdr      Commanding Officer
WYLIE, J. C. (Bill)        I.tCdr     Executive Officer
HUGHES, J. G.              Lt.        Engineering Officer
DAVENPORT I. J. (Dave)     Lt.(Jg.)   Gunnery Officer
WILSON, A. Chesley         Lt.(Jg.)   Damage Control Officer
BLENDER, W. M.             Lt.(Jg.)   Medical Officer
SULLIVAN Jr., Walter S.    Ensign     Communication Officer
REINHARDT, Charles B.      Ensign     Asst. Gunnery Officer
HAMILTON Jr., S. J.        Ensign     Torp/Depth Charge Officer
McLEAN, Phillips B.        Ensign     Asst. Engineering Officer
SINCLAIR, Donald C.        Ensign     Asst. Engineering Officer
MURRAY, Arthur H.          Ensign     Asst. Engineering Officer


CREW
ADEY, Richard                 S2c
AGNEW, Clarence               AS
ALLEN, John Richard, Jr.      S1c
ALLEN, Ray Vaden              S2c
ALLEY, Clarence Cleo          S1c
ALOCHNY, Stanley Paul         AS
ANDERSON, John Junior         Bkr2c
ANGLIN, Melvin Dixon          CTM(PA)
ASHLEY, William Carlton       AS
ATKINS, James Louir           EM3c
AULDRIDGE, Leonard C., Jr.    AS
AUSTIIN, Milton Homer         FC3c(R)
AVINO, Joseph Edward          RM3c
AWE, Lester Dean              S2c
BABER, John Edward            SC2c
BAGLEY, J. W.                 AS
BAKER, Jay Walter             AS
BEASLEY, James Leo            S1c
BEEBE, Donald William         S2c
BENDER, Elmer Charles         AS
BLEVINS, Millard              MM1c
BOETTCHERT, Marvin Albert     S2c
BOOTH, Dean                   F2c
BOOTH, John "J" Pershing      AS
BOSTIC, Charles Marvin        AS
BRAMEN, Douglas Joseph        S1c
BRATTON, Kenneth Wayne        S2c
BREAUX, John Irvin            MM2c
BRELAND, Ralph Clendon        AS
BRIGGS, John Augustus         AS
BROOME, Warrern Wright        AS
BROWN, Gene Edward            F1c
BROWN, Paul Joseph,           S1c
BRUNTON, Rankin Gerald        S2c
BRUTON, Albert Wilkinson      AS
BURPEAU, Rodman Charles T.    SF2c
CANE, Paul Livingstone        EM2c
CARL, Lynn Gifford            TM3c
CASTRO, Jesus                 S1c
CHRISTIAN, Louis              CY(PA)
CLASON, Lewis Jay             PhM3c
CLARKE, Frederick Charles     MM1c
COBB, Charles David           SM1c
COLLINS, John James           RM3c
COMBS, Roy Edward             AS
CORLEY, John Hubert, Jr.      S1c
CORLEY, Robert Lee            AS
CROZIER, David T.             AS
CUMMISKEY, John Thomas        S1c
CURREN, Cecil Rhuben          AS
DAHLKE, Donald Herbert        S1c
DAVIS, James Gordon           SK1c
DAVIS, Ray Huston             RM1c
DEAL, Henry Heywood           AS
DE BLAKE, Donald Arthur       S1c
DICKENSON, Waldo Edward       RM2c
DICKENSON, Robert Earl        S1c
DICKSON, Richard McDonald     BM2c
DODSON, Howard "A"            S1c
DONALDSON, Harry              AS
DOSS, Vernon Lloyd            PhM2c
DOWNEY, Robert George         S1c
DOWNS, James Joseph           GM3c
DRAPER, John Merrill          AS
DUNFORD, Charles James        AS
EATON, Francis Dennis         CBM(AA)
EDGE, David Livingstone       AS
EDWARDS, Robert William       F3c
ELDER, Timothy Raymond        AS
EMMONS, Pearle William        AS
EPPS, Rayford TraTnel         AS
EURE, Granville Fills, Jr.    AS
EXUM, Earl William            AS
FAGAN, Clyde Matthew          AS
FARRISH, William Everett      AS
FIGONE, Albert                EM3c
FLEMING, Clifford Boyden      AS
FLOYD, Willis Hudson          AS
FOLEY, Robert Joseph          S1c
FORD, Ulyss Reed              S1c
FOUNTAIN, Richard Cerrow      AS
FOWLER, Henry Douglas         AS
FOWLER, Lloyd Julian          AS
FREER, Abner Ernest           AS
FRIEBIS, Joseph William       S1c
FUNTERA, Felix                OSlc
GEPHART, James Frederick      MM1c
GIBBS, James Dan              AS
GODWIN, William Jasper        AS
GOSHEN, William Eugene        S1c
GOUGH, Harold Joseph          Cox
GRISHAM, John Nelson          CM1c
GUNNELL, Hudson Franklin      AS
GWINN, Lester Ray             AS
HALL, William Norman          AS
HAMPTON, Alfred Erastus, Jr.  S2c
HANDLEY, Darien Henry         AS
HARRIS, Alfred William        S1c
HATCHER, John Thomas          AS
HAYHURST, Roy Forrest, Jr.    AS
HEALY, Marvin Wells           S1c
HENWOOD, William Charles      GM3c
HERTZOG, Edward Lee           AS
HICKS, Jeptha Brown           M1c
HILL, Lewis Pernoskey         S1c
HOGAN, Walter John            S1c
HOLLIDAY, Thomas Baker        S2c
HORSMAN, Edward Augustus      S2c
HOWARD, Joseph Oliver, Jr.    MM2c
HUDELSON, Clarerce Hubert     CGM(PA)
HUFF, Thomas Howard           AS
HUGGARD, Douglas James        FC2c
HUNTER, Robert Jackson        AS
HURLEY, Everett "J"           TM3c
HYATT, James Pershing         AS
HYLTON, Russell Howard        AS
JACKSON, Oscar Mont           AS
JAMES, Douglas Howard         AS
JARRELL, James William        AS
JENKINS, Leland Clay          S1c
JOHNSON, Richard Lewis        S1c
JOINER, James Fred            S1c
JONES, Maurice "H"            S1c
JUSTICE, Banner               AS
KAZMOUZ, Charles Eugene       S1c
KECKLER, Ray Bennard          AS
KENNEDY, Robert Charles       AS
KENNY, Edward Charles         MM2c
KERINS, John Francis          EM3c
KIRBY, Edly Rexford           AS
KIRK, George Franklin         Cox
KIRSCH, Edward Howard         CEM(PA)
KNIGHT, Samuel Bradley        S2c
KNOTTS, Louis Josiah 3rd      AS
KRUG, John Martin             MM1c
LANGDON, Frank Edward         AS
LAZZARO, Robert               F1c
LEDFORD, Billie George        AS
LEE, Robert Edward            SC1c
LEWIS, Arthur Donald, Jr.     S1c
LEWIS, Norman Stepp           B2c
LEWIS, Rudolph Milton         Matt3c
LOVEDAY, Jack John            MM3c
LUKACIK, George Joseph        SM3c
LYTLE, Major Charles Halbert  Matt3c
MACE, Sidney Leroy            AS
MACFARLAND, Earl Charles      SM2c
MACKIN, Dean Lawrence         S1c
MAITS, Thomas William         AS
MARSHALL, Robert Alexander    AS
MARTIN, Carl Neely            CM(AA)
MASUCCI, John Angelo          TM1c
MCBURNETT, James Levon        AS
MCCARTHY, William Joseph      RM3c
MCCLURE, William Lee, Jr.     AS
MCGRAW, Joe Willia            AS
MCMILLEN, William Thompson    EM3c
MEDLOCK, Hoke Smith           AS
MEISER, Albert William        S1c
MONTGOMERY, Wyatt Webster     CMM(PA)
MOORE, Buford Clinton         AS
MULLEN, Ernest Carl           AS
MULLIS, James Carl            AS
NEELY, Paul Stephenson        AS
NIELSON, Carl Gregers         BM2c
NOBLE, John Richard           MM2c
NOPPENBERGER, Richard C.      AS
ORIVELLO, Candido             OC2c
ORR, Sloan Mitchell           AS
PATAT, James Clifford         AS
PEASLEE, Randolph Stevens     WT1c
PEER, James Frarklin          S1c
PERRY, Joseph John            AS
PITTSONBERGER, William Ray    AS
POTTER, George Weyman         AS
PURDUE, Kenneth Randall       AS
PURDUM, Herbert Russell       RM2c
RADA, Henry Andrew            AS
RASINSKI, Edward Benedict     AS
RAY, Rilmon Davis             AS
REDDISH, Green Berry          AS
REDDISH, Joe Raiford          AS
REDMAN, Virgil Lee            CPhM(PA)
RICH, Wallace Neale           CQM(PA)
RICHARDSON, Isaac Burnil      AS
RICHARDSON, Theodore          GM2c
RICHMOND, Billy Karr          AS
RIGGS, Claud Theodore         F2c
ROGERS, Aenos James           S1c
RUSSELL, Wilbur Leland        GM2c
SCHUMANN, Leonard Alvin       CCStd(AA)
SCOTT, Robert Warren          FClc
SENGER, Rollin Francis        S1c
SETTER, James Frank           S2c
SHARP, William Woodrow        S1c
SHINE, Willie James           Matt1c
SHUGARD, Francis Bland        S1c
SIMMS, Paul William           AS
SINCLAIR, Thomas              AS
SINK, Paul Burton, Jr.        S1c
SMART, Vie Millard            RM1c
SMITH, Alexander Macrae       S2c
SMITH, Earl Edward            Y3c
SMITH, Earl Leon              AS
SMUDZIN, Walter Stanley       EM1c
SPAIN, Lee                    S1c
STEWART, Elmer Earl           BM2c
STEWART, James Franklin       AS
STONE, Reed Simmons           AS
STORY, Frank Junior           AS
STRICKER, Emoryy Franklin     CWT(PA)
STRICKLAND, Dan               S2c
STROUD, George Thomas         F1c
STUMP, Leonidas Park          CFC(AA)
THOMAS, Abraham, Jr.          AS
THOMAS, Henry William         S1c
THOMPSON, Matthew Paul        S2c
THOMPSON, William Harold      S2c
TIGARD, Beverly Firley        F2c
TOPALIAN, Edward John         S2c
TOWNER, Delbert Irvin         WT1c
TREMRATH, Samuel Thomas       QM2c
VIEHAUSER, Robert Joseph      F1c
WALKER, Edward George         S1c
WATTS, Billy Burke            S2c
WEATHERHEAD, John Henry       F2c
WEEKS, Warren Robert          Slc
WESTON, Robert Clarence       FC3c
WILHELM, Frank Steven         GM3c
WILLIAM, Artie Bevis          AS
WILLIAM, James Fred           AS
WIMMER, Bernard Wilson        SC3c
WINTER, Thomas Cole, Jr.      RM1c
WOLFENBARGER, Charles Everett S1c
WOOLFOLK, William Cecil       AS
WROBLEWSKI, Leopold Marion    EM2c
WYATT, William Thomas         AS
WYATT, Wilton William         AS
YATES, Robert Harrison, Jr.   AS
YOCT, Theodore                CMM(PA)
YOUNGMAN, James Edward        AS
ZAMDA, John                   CRM(PA)
ZIMMERMAN, George             MM1c