The Clark County Coroner/Medical Examiner’s Office is asking for the public’s help to identify an elderly man found deceased near the North Las Vegas Veteran’s Medical Center on Wednesday, Sept. 11.

The decedent is a white male, 70 to 80 years old, approximately 5 foot 8 inches tall, of medium build, and a full head of white hair and bushy white eyebrows. He was found by a pedestrian in a desert area across from the VA Center near East Deer Springs Way and North Palmer Street.  He was wearing a black back support brace around him (Abdomen Care brand), gray sweatpants, a gray tee shirt and black Velco strap tennis shoes. He had on a yellow metal wedding ring and black-rimmed glasses. He also was wearing a gray hat with a silver embroidered image of a ship on the front of it and the insignias “USS Mahan” “DLG-11” in gold.

A description of the man and some additional photographs of the clothing he was wearing have been shared with the National Missing and Unidentified Person’s (NamUS) System, which is a centralized repository and resource center for missing and unidentified person cases in the United States. A link to the case is available at https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/129701?nav.

Anyone who may have information that could help identify the decedent is asked to email the Clark County Coroner’s Office at coroner@clarkcountynv.gov. The case number is: 2024-06471.      

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Clark County is a dynamic and innovative organization dedicated to providing top-quality service with integrity, respect and accountability.  With jurisdiction over the world-famous Las Vegas Strip and covering an area the size of New Jersey, Clark is the nation’s 11th-largest county and provides extensive regional services to 2.4 million citizens and 45.6 million visitors a year (2023). Included are the nation’s 5th-busiest airport, air quality compliance, social services and the state’s largest public hospital, University Medical Center. The County also provides municipal services that are traditionally provided by cities to 1 million residents in the unincorporated area. Those include fire protection, roads and other public works, parks and recreation, and planning and development.