LA LA - Clarence Dellis, 40, New Orleans, 25 Jan 1980

[Atombudd]

Clarence Wayne Dellis

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Dellis, date unknown

• Missing Since 01/25/1980
• Missing From New Orleans, Louisiana
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Date of Birth 01/25/1940 (81)
• Age 40 years old
• Height and Weight 5'7, 200 pounds
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Blond hair, green eyes. Dellis has scars on his forehead, right hand and the underside of his forearm. His nickname is Pete. Dellis's right hand is deformed; all the bones in the hand are malformed and the index finger is missing.

Details of Disappearance
Dellis was last seen in New Orleans, Louisiana on January 25, 1980, which was his 40th birthday. He has never been heard from again. His vehicle was discovered abandoned on a levee shortly after his disappearance.

Dellis's case remains unsolved. Mills County, Texas authorities are investigating.
Clarence Wayne Dellis – The Charley Project
Ancestry sites say He was Born in Mills Co. TX on Jan. 25, 1940 to Roy Spurgeon Dellis and Jessie Murl Crow. Clarence Wayne Dellis married Deloris Ann Karnes on March 12, 1976 in Texas. That same site shows Deloris died in 1980.
https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/....0&o_iid=62817&o_lid=62817&o_sch=Web+Property
https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/....0&o_iid=62817&o_lid=62817&o_sch=Web+Property

 

[Richard]

Missing for 42 years...

Clarence Wayne Dellis, 40
Missing since 25 January 1980

LINK:

Clarence Wayne Dellis

 

[Pennysmom1]

697DMLA - Clarence Wayne Dellis

Circumstances of Disappearance​

Mr. Dellis' vehicle was found abandoned on a levee in New Orleans. Mills County, Texas authorities are investigating.

He was born and lived in Mills County, Texas (near the border of Oklahoma), the son of Roy Spurgeon and Jessie Mae "Jackie" Dellis (nee Crow). He appears to have married twice: once to a Neala (maiden name unknown) on 2 February in 1973, divorcing her on the 28th of November 1973. He then married Deloris A. Karnes on 12 March 1976. His picture suggests that he was in the military, but no records were found about his military service.

Clarence Wayne "Pete" Dellis - LA Repository for Unidentified & Missing People

 

[Pennysmom1]

Clarence is still listed as missing

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

By bringing people, information, forensic science and technology together, NamUs helps resolve cases.

www.namus.gov

Interesting reading - Vanished & Missing International Group FB page

THE VANISHED & MISSING INTERNATIONAL GROUP | Facebook

www.facebook.com

 

[spartanx]

What's even stranger about this case is that, despite the photo, he never served in the military... Furthermore, he was apparently still alive in April 1982, as there's a report that he was mugged at knifepoint in New Orleans... plus, a malformed hand, missing his index finger and with the rest of the bones deformed... Since it was "malformed," it seems to have been congenital (although it could have occurred in adulthood). If it was congenital, it seems highly unlikely that he could have served in the military...
Anyway,
rest in peace

 

[cenazoic]

I wondered about the uniform when I read about his hand - that sounds like a disqualifying condition. Stolen valor, maybe?

 

[The4TierBridge]

I wondered about the uniform when I read about his hand - that sounds like a disqualifying condition. Stolen valor, maybe?

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[HopeRains]

Assuming I am finding info on the correct person (honestly there is so much misalignment in data between the different sites), this article indicates he enlisted in the Army in/about 1963. I can't speak to his military service, but I can say that in 1983 your photo was taken before you completed training. He is clearly a younger person in the photo. Perhaps he didn't complete training, Or, perhaps he did and there is no record of it for whatever reason - lost, secret, etc.

Is the photo posted by pennysmom1 supposed to be Dellis? If so, there does not appear to be any missing fingers Or a deformed right hand.

The granting of the divorce to "Elaine" was published in the Daily Court Review, 7 Jun 1972, pg 7 (Harris County, TX). Elaine is mentioned in the FB group posting included with the picture already referenced.

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Abilene Reporter-News Wed, Feb 13, 1963 ·Page 18​

 

[HopeRains]

I think it may very well be possible that info on two separate individuals may have become intertwined in the posting of data on Clarence Wayne Dellis. There are articles that reference him, articles that reference a "Pete Dellis" from the same town who as a private was married in April 1963 to a gal from the same town - hard to imagine that would not be correct with the ancestry post - I just don't know. They conflict somewhat with info as posted above relative to marriages, etc.,

Who exactly is it that is providing information and photos on this missing person?