Well, it would seem then when he went missing, he'd not want to be found. Do you know if the "capture" story is even true, whether the further escape story is or not, or did he just go AWOL and never was seen again? That's key I think and makes a huge difference of whether he just went missing in '76 never to be seen again or was captured and went missing again and actually escaped.
Again, I don't see them actively hunting someone for doing that. Maybe to a point of trying to determine if okay, family notified perhaps, seeing if he can be easily found with last known whereabouts but not some active search and capture kind of thing... I guess I don't know but further would surprise me.
It's not an easy thing to say but I would not dismiss something happened to him there and they claim he went AWOL/missing. It wouldn't be the first time such has happened or where they just don't "investigate" their own or something happening on base...
On the other hand, if you are AWOL and IF you were caught and escaped in cuffs the next time, you are not going to use your identity nor your SSN, I mean we are talking govt. both with military, the SSN, etc. and if he thought he was in trouble and at such a young age, you certainly would think such imo and he would be in trouble, I don't mean he wouldn't, just how big of trouble or danger, that's more up in the air.
Again key is if he went missing in '76 and was never seen again or was captured and supposedly escaped again. It still would be around the same time period I'd imagine but the depth of trouble he may have thought himself in or if he was never seen again after the AWOL thing or after a capture and escape...
Was he on approved leave when he went AWOL? Or just left base and never came back? Because something simply could have happened to him then. I understand you may not know, just asking in the event you do.
Purposely going AWOL versus something just happened to him and no one knows if something did and so he never came back would lead to different thoughts depending on which. For example, if I was in the military and went out for a night's drinking off base and was allowed to do so, and got into a bar fight and someone killed me and threw me into a river, I did not go AWOL voluntarily. But if I left when I was not supposed to or it is known he intentionally himself did not come back, that changes the direction I'd look at this.
Again, not so fresh on the details but don't recall there being a lot known so you may not know. Just putting it out there.
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