Category: January

Daniel Wilber Glassford - Identified!

7/31/2018

Male, White / Caucasian
Date Found January 13, 1988
Location Found North Miami, Florida
Estimated Age Range 60-70 Years

Circumstance Notes:
A wallet was found on him with the name Daniel Wilber Glassford on a SS card 296-24-2736 military papers were found as well. DOB 10/24/1927.

His identification could not be confirmed because military info. was unable to be verified due to a fire at the warehouse which burned military records.

Circumstances of Recovery: Found by construction employees inside one of the sewer pipes on newspapers that he had used for a bed.

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/6080/details

The National Archives online appears to have his service information available now.

Daniel Wilbur Glassford Ohio WW2 veteran

Ancestry has census info that puts him in Ohio in 1940.

Thank you to the Local History & Genealogy Center of Warren-Trumbull County Public Library for looking at this information and sending me what they found for Daniel Wilber Glassford.
They found: the city directory that lists him as being in the Army, his father's obituary that lists him as being in Miami Florida (and a sister in Indiana), and his high school yearbook photo.

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Unidentified Person Pennsylvania

3/7/2018

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unidentified missing person Philadelphia PA Millville NJ

55 to 70 year old White Male

Date found January 07, 1969
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Circumstances
Found dead and seated in a public theater. Tattoo on right forearm of an Army Nurse in uniform (cap and scarf) from WWI, world war 1. Trouser tag in right pocket indicating it was laundered in Millville, NJ.

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/16633

Family Theatre 1311 market street Philadelphia Unidentified person john doe

I think this may be our John Doe but I haven't been able to verify it. I know she said he was missing 3 weeks so that is one area that doesn't line up.

John Lawrence Wild was born in 1913.
He lived in Camden NJ when he was young.
I did not find any marriages or children for John.
His mother died in Philadelphia in 1967.

I do believe I found a photo of a half-brother and some documents related to John or his family. I'm posting those below to see if anyone can use them to find a photo of John L. Wild who went missing from Millville NJ.

John L. Wild missing person Millville NJ

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Unidentified Person Florida Possible Homeless Veteran

12/13/2017

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Unidentified Person Florida Possible Homeless Veteran

40 to 60 year old White Male

Date found January 24, 2016

Circumstances:
The Alachua County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information concerning human remains found on January 24, 2016 in a wooded area near the approximate 5700 block of NW 88th Street in Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida.

The descendant is a white male, approximately 5’10, between 40 and 60 years old. He was wearing blue jeans and brown work boots. It is likely that the man died 6 to 24 months prior to discovery.
It is likely that the male was homeless.

Any person with information can contact detective Lance Yaeger at 352-260-7588.
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/14993

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Unidentified Person Pennsylvania

9/13/2017

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Unidentified Missing Person Pennsylvania Pinnacle John Doe

25 to 35 year old White Male
(originally reported as 23 to 28 years old)
Year of birth likely between 1942 to 1954

Discovered on January 16, 1977 in Albany Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Found deceased in a cave near the Pinnacle, a scenic outlook along the Appalachian Trail in Albany Twp Berks County. Clothing included long winter undershirt and pants (size "S"), military issue with laundry mark B-0654.

The sweater he was wearing came from stores located in Doylestown PA or Hatboro PA which is roughly 65 miles from where he was found. His cause of death has been reported as suicide by drug overdose.

https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/5661

Body exhumed in Berks County as part of missing person cases
John Doe was found near The Pinnacle in the 1970s

By: 69 News
Posted: Aug 05, 2019 02:01 PM EDT
Updated: Aug 05, 2019 04:22 PM EDT

CUMRU TWP., Pa. - Officials in Berks County have exhumed an unidentified body as part of two missing persons cases in two separate states.
Officials on Monday exhumed the body at Potter's Field. The John Doe was found in a cave near the Blue Mountain ridge in Berks County in 1977. Authorities said no foul play was suspected in that case.
Now, the body has been exhumed in connection with two missing persons cases in Florida and Illinois.
WFMZ's Jim Vasil will have more on the investigation at 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Also see news report video on link below:

https://www.wfmz.com/news/berks/body-exhumed-in-berks-county-as-part-of-missing-person-cases/1105604303?fbclid=IwAR28VBsUfhdFwg-IvedckQwqCwSXmnSUmuGKRlnbeInSoCecqkD0udEY_Y0