text: where do you find out if a person is a deserter from the army?   leave her/him alone.  if they're meant to be found, they will be.  i believe the status of desertion is marked on every public record the person may have, so it'll come up if they get stopped for a traffic violation, any time they want to get a loan, apply for school, a credit card, a job . . . eventually, these things usually work themselves out.  besides, i'm sure the people over there don't want someone there who doesn't  want to be there.  it's dangerous.