Apparently he had starved to death. In Carthage, South Dakota, Wayne Westerberg heard the story on the radio, and thought he knew who it was —a boy who called himself Alexander Supertramp.

Jerald Roy Shoemaker was born on September 18, 1939, to Roy and Norma Shoemaker of Carthage, South Dakota. Jerald attended Carthage High School and graduated in 1959. He joined the Army National ...