UT UT - Davis County, Asian Male, ~65, UP73641, edentulous, glasses case, 8 September 1944.

[homecooked]

Quite an old one.

NamUs #UP73641
Location Found: Davis County, 4-5 miles northwest of Kaysville.
Date Body Found: September 8, 1944
Estimated year of death: 1943
Estimated PMI: 1 year
Race/Ethnicity: Asian
Age: ~65 years old
Height: 5'2"
Weight: Cannot Estimate
Hair: Gray
Eyes: Unknown
Physical: No teeth present, may have worn glasses
Clothing: Faded green plaid trousers, red suspenders, white t-shirt, underwear
Accessories: Empty eyeglass case found near remains
Circumstances: Skeletal remains found on the salt flats on September 8, 1944 about 4-5 miles northwest of Kaysville.
Conditions of Remains: Not recognizable - Near complete or complete skeleton

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Edit: If any mods see this could you please move this to the UT tab? I need to stop posting before coffee...

 

[Justin537]

Could he be one of the internees from the relocation camps for people of ethnic Japanese origin? There were a lot of relocation camps in Utah in WW2.

 

[TinfoilYarmulke]

I also wondered that. Are there records of internees that escaped or went missing?

Newspaper reports state the body could've been Sophus Olsen (or Olson) that went missing about 1940. I don't see that Sophus was ever listed as a missing person. He had no children, so I'm not sure if anyone would know if he's actually still missing or not.

 

[SophieRose]

How would they know the skeleton was Asian in those days? White was crossed out, then yellow was entered on the death certificate.

John Doe (unknown-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial

Skeleton found on the salt flats near Kaysville by two boys out riding. Appears to be male, possibly of Asian or Native American descent, about 65 years of age. Found on Sept 8th, 1944, buried on Sept 20th 1944

www.findagrave.com

 

[SophieRose]

Ogden Standard Examiner 9/12/44

Belief that the man may have been of Japanese ancestry is also only theoretical, Sheriff Holbrook said. "There is not enough left to determine the man's nationality without employing experts" he added.

 

[victoriarobinson642]

I would take it with a grain of salt, honestly.

 

[heartanium]

10 September 1944, The Ogden Standard-Examiner, pg 2

11 September 1944, The Ogden Standard-Examiner, pg 3

12 September 1944, The Ogden Standard-Examiner, pg 12

22 September 1944, The Ogden Standard-Examiner, pg 11