79-YEAR-OLD WWII VETERAN MISSING SINCE WEDNESDAY.

Byline: - Orith Goldberg

Police were searching on Monday for a 79-year-old World War II vet who was last seen Feb. 13 as he waited for a bus near a Department of Veterans Affairs office.

Joseph Enrico had just moved to Reseda from Van Nuys with his 52- year-old nephew, William Struthoff. He had not had any problems finding his way around until his disappearance, Struthoff said.

``I have no idea where he could have ended up,'' Struthoff said. ``No one has seen him at all. He's kind of like disappeared and it has gotten me concerned.

``I haven't slept well and I'm pretty upset,'' he said.

Enrico was last seen near the VA center at Woodley Avenue and Plummer Street, when a worker saw him waiting for a bus about 2:30 p.m., Struthoff said.

Enrico is hard of hearing and becomes irritable without his daily medication. He is Italian-American, 5 feet 4 inches, 140 pounds, and has brown eyes, gray/white hair and a gray beard. He has two indentations with scars around the crown of his head, and he walks with a slight limp.

When he was last seen, he was wearing gray pants, a red and black checked shirt, and a dark blue cardigan sweater, Struthoff said.

Anyone with information can contact detectives at the Los Angeles Police Department's Missing Persons Unit at [phone].