Oswego is not far at all from where the John Doe was found and this guy went missing in November 1976 so he would be wearing coat and boots in NY its cold then.
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/4956dmny.html
Name: Dean G. Heagerty
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: November 21, 1976
Location Last Seen: Oswego, Oswego County, New York
Physical Description
Date of Birth: circa 1957
Age: 19 years old
Race: White
Gender: Male
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 140 lbs.
Hair Color: Blond/Strawberry
Eye Color: Blue
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Unknown
Identifiers
Dentals: Not Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available
Clothing & Personal Items
Clothing: Dark green corduroy jacket, a brown or blue knitted hat, green fatigue pants.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Blue sneakers.
Circumstances of Disappearance
He left his parents' East Sixth Street house in Oswego about 6 p.m. "to go for a short walk" and never returned.
Heagerty had left home before, but his parents had always heard from him. He once found himself in Philadelphia looking for his brother. On another occasion he ended up in Ohio where an aunt and uncle lived.
Police said that when Heagerty went missing he may have been trying to get to Schwenksville, Pennsylvania to contact a relative. Later in 1976 there were also unconfirmed reports of a person matching Heagerty's description in Pennsylvania.
This Guy went missing from Main but his stats fit and he was last seen in corduroy pants
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1105dmme.html
Bernard Ross Jr.
Missing since May 12, 1977 from Ashland, Maine
Classification: Missing
Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: July 19, 1958
Age at Time of Disappearance: 19 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 6'1" (185 cm); 160 lbs (73 kg)
Distinguishing Characteristics: White male. Blond hair; blue eyes. Possible thin moustache.
Marks/Scars: Scar on abdomen, small chicken pox marks on top of nose.
Clothing: Green down vest over gold chamois shirt, brown corduroy jeans, sneakers.
Circumstances of Disappearance
Ross last was seen on May 12 in a wooded area off Reality Road near the Ashland-Portage town line.
A Fort Kent resident, Ross initially was considered a suspect in a Presque Isle truck theft. Though the vehicle was found and the charges dropped, Ross was not found and was reported missing by his family.
Numerous attempts to find him have turned up no clues.