John Dial - Childress, TX - Panama - 7/1966 (23 yrs)
John Victor Dial
Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: July 1966 from Childress, Texas
Classification: Missing
Date Of Birth: April 28, 1943
Age: 23 years old
Height and Weight: 5'7 - 5'10, 140 - 150 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian male. Sandy blond hair, blue eyes. Dial has freckles on his nose.
Details of Disappearance
Dial was stationed at Howard Air Force Base in the Panama Canal Zone with the United States Air Force in 1966. He went home to Childress, Texas for a visit in May 1966. He was last seen at a family member's residence in the vicinity of the 400 block of Avenue A northeast in Childress.
Dial returned to Panama in June 1966. He kept in telephone contact with his family until July of that year, when he told his family he had married a Panamanian woman named Elsa Caballero. The phone calls stopped after that and Dial has never been heard from again. He may have returned to the Childress area for a visit sometime during 1990.
Authorities believe Dial is living somewhere in the United States; an investigation turned up no signs of him in Panama. He may have returned to Texas. His case remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Childress Police Department
940-937-2546
OR
Texas Department of Public Safety
800-346-3243