A Vanishing Preserved in Fragments

A Case Defined by How Little Is Publicly Known

The publicly available record on Gerald Thomas Clifford’s disappearance is striking not because it is rich in detail, but because it is so spare. Search results consistently identify him as a 19-year-old man who was last seen in San Francisco, California, on March 17, 1972. Beyond that, the case appears in modern missing-person databases as a brief entry rather than a fully narrated account, which means the public story of his disappearance survives mostly in fragments instead of a complete chronology.

The Basic Facts That Appear Across Listings

Across the available search results, several core facts repeat with consistency. Gerald Clifford is identified as male, white or Caucasian, and 19 years old at the time he disappeared. The same records place his last known location in San Francisco and give the disappearance date as March 17, 1972. One listing also connects the case to NamUs number MP43073, showing that the case has been entered into a national missing-person system even though the narrative details released to the public remain limited....Read More

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