Dean Pinnell

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Biography

Foryst "Dean" Pinnell was born on 20 July 1929 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois to Lloyd Otho Owen Pinnell and Ruth (Burkholder) Pinnell.

He enlisted (Serial #339 86 15) in the U. S. Navy on 4 August 1947, and served aboard the USS Cavalier (APA-37) as a recruit and Fireman. He was honorably discharged on 20 December 1949 at the San Diego Naval Training Station. He was returning home from San Diego by car when he picked up a hitchhiker. He did not arrive at home, and the F.B.I. became involved in the investigation into his disappearance. He was last seen alive in Globe, Arizona on January 13th, and his abandoned car was found in El Paso, Texas on January 15th. About July 4th, 1950, a partially decomposed body was found in an arroyo eight miles west of Fairacres, New Mexico, about 1/2 mile off of U. S. Highway 71, and it was identified as Dean. In the timeline reconstruction, it was estimated that Dean was murdered about January 14th, and he was most probably killed near the burial site.

The body was sent home to Montrose, Illinois for burial.

Sources

• "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPH-1FBN : 18 May 2016), Foryst Dean Pinnell, 20 Jul 1929; citing Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 994, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 100,421,440.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSR6-7P9 : accessed 16 April 2017), Forest Pennell in household of Loyd Pennell, Westfield, Clark, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 5B, line 84, family 145, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 409; FHL microfilm 2,340,144.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW4T-F4D : accessed 16 April 2017), Forrest Dean Pinnell in household of Lloyd Pinnell, Montrose, St. Francis Township, Effingham, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 25-25, sheet 1A, line 31, family 10, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 800.

• San Diego (CA) Union, Wednesday, 5 July 1950, page 22, columns 1-2, "Body of Long Absent Navy Veteran Found"; Newspaper clippings "Missing Toledoan", "Rites for Slain Toledo Sailor to be Thursday" in possession of Gilbert D. Nelson.

• U. S. Military Application for Headstone or Marker (OQMG Form 623), U. S. Navy Case Number 117310.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #51462135