Missing
Bobby Dale Allen
Allen, approximately 1986; Allen's cougar tattoo
Date and time person was reported missing : 08/15/1986
Missing location (approx) :
Adelanto, California
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
Asian, Biracial, White
DOB : 05/04/1963 (58)
Age at the time of disappearance: 23 years old
Height / Weight : 5'9 - 5'11, 150 - 170 pounds
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Biracial (Asian/Caucasian) male. Dark brown hair, brown eyes. Allen is of Japanese descent. He has a tattoo on his right bicep of a black cougar with red scratch marks; a photo of the tattoo is posted with this case summary. Allen wears contact lenses or eyeglasses. He has a scar by his right eyebrow.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Allen was last seen in Adelanto, California on August 15, 1986. He was in the Navy, assigned to the U.S.S. William Bates, a nuclear submarine which was at the naval base in San Diego, California at the time.
Allen disappeared after leaving to go to the naval base. He never arrived and has never been heard from again. After his disappearance, his 1985 Ford Mustang was found in the 2200 block of north Harbor Boulevard Drive in San Diego, with the keys still inside it.
Few details are available in Allen's case. He was listed as Absent Without Leave (AWOL) from the Navy and when his family tried to file a missing persons report, the police refused to take it because of his AWOL status. Allen's family was finally able to report him missing in 2014. His case remains unsolved.
Other information and links : ncy
San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department
760-552-6800
September 2021 updates and sources
California Attorney General's Office
Facebook pageheader for Bobby Allen
Missing Veterans
October 12, 2004. August 5, 2018; picture added.
Interactive Missing Person Search Map
