MT MT - Glen Allen Walls, 17, Malmstrom Air Force Base, 10 Oct 1972

[alb1on]

I think the newspaper clipping relates to a different person named Glen Walls. Glen Ormand Walls died in 2012 in Port Alberni (Glen Walls Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information (legacy.com). He was born in 1953 and Port Alberni is near Nanaimo.

 

[MadMcGoo]

I think the newspaper clipping relates to a different person named Glen Walls. Glen Ormand Walls died in 2012 in Port Alberni (Glen Walls Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information (legacy.com). He was born in 1953 and Port Alberni is near Nanaimo.

Well they would make much more sense!

 

[Miss_Zombie]

Sure look like it. I did a map with what I think are the locations mentioned. I am not familiar with Montana tho.

If we knew how long they were expected to be gone and what they were expected to be doing (hiking, day trip, etc) it would possibly determine which destination they may have taken.

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I followed the route on Google maps from the base to the dam and a good portion of the road follows directly alongside the Missouri River. I'm thinking there's a high probability that they ran off the road somewhere along the way (if the dam was indeed their destination) and the car is likely underwater. I hope that's not the case, and that maybe they are both alive and well somewhere.

 

[Diane Redfern]

A case of a missing teenager that ends up being the case of three missing men. I don't get why Steve W. Barnhill and Dennis Stechschulte don't appear on any missing people database.
And there's nothing that could make us believe they were located (dead or alive).

 

[TSL7584]

Will be missing 50 years in November

 

[Richard]

When a military service person goes missing for any reason, he/she is declared UA or AWOL by the person's unit. After 30 days, and a number of administrative procedures, if still missing, he/she is declared a Deserter and all individual service records are forwarded to the National Military Personnel Records Center (NMPRC) IN St. Louis, MO.

Additionally, the missing person's name is placed on a "Deserter List" maintained by each separate branch of service. Those lists are only updated when a case is resolved, and there are still names on them that predate the Korean War.

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Glen Allen Walls – The Charley Project

 

[Hockeyfan158]

I doubt it but could he have been a possible Gacy victim? I think he kind of looks like Body 21 which is still unidentified i have doubts though but given it was 1972 around the time Gacy started his killing spree it’s a small but i still say unlikely possibility

Unidentified bodies of Gacy.

1. https://[link removed]/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy_victims

2. Body 21. https://[link removed]/wiki/Body_21

 

[Caring1]

14 Unidentified Person Exclusions

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Glen Allen Walls – The Charley Project

 

[JaneGaGa]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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

www.namus.gov

 

[JaneGaGa]

Possibly stared at these too long but I see matching birthmarks below the lips..

 

[Diane Redfern]

Article clipped from The Billings Gazette

Clipping found in The Billings Gazette published in Billings, Montana on 2/23/1972.

www.newspapers.com

There's nothing about Steven and Dennis, why? Three missing men and two of them are not even on databases. No mention of locating them either.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

A few photos of Steve Barnhill from his high school yearbook and a news article about government officials being kidnapped, ironically. I don't see any trace of him after his senior yearbook

Oct 23, 1970, page 3B - Florida Today at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com

View the digital scanned newspaper from Florida Today dated Oct 23, 1970, page 3B.

www.newspapers.com

 

[victoriarobinson642]

Article clipped from The Billings Gazette

Clipping found in The Billings Gazette published in Billings, Montana on 2/23/1972.

www.newspapers.com

There's nothing about Steven and Dennis, why? Three missing men and two of them are not even on databases. No mention of locating them either.

Dennis was (I think) found about a year later.

 

[DS2021]

Bumpp

 

[Diane Redfern]

Steve W. Barnhill

Dennis Stechschulte (1951-1972) - Find a Grave...

es.findagrave.com

 

[renaebri]

So the day they disappeared was a Sunday, the next day was Columbus Day that they must have had off, then their return to duty was on the 10th. Makes sense they would plan a trip with their extra day off, with the car missing I think the Missouri River should be checked too. I hope that's not the case though.

53 years as of yesterday, they would both be in their 70's.

 

[meanmaryjean]

So the day they disappeared was a Sunday, the next day was Columbus Day that they must have had off, then their return to duty was on the 10th. Makes sense they would plan a trip with their extra day off, with the car missing I think the Missouri River should be checked too. I hope that's not the case though.

53 years as of yesterday, they would both be in their 70's.

"Monday holidays" (calendar adaptations to make.3 day weekends) were not a thing back then. Columbus Day would have been recognized on October 12.

 

[renaebri]

"Monday holidays" (calendar adaptations to make.3 day weekends) were not a thing back then. Columbus Day would have been recognized on October 12.

Are you sure that's not earlier? everything I find is telling me it was celebrated on the second monday since 1971.

Uniform Monday Holiday Act - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org