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Colonel Charles E. Shelton, a
native son of Owensboro,
Kentucky, was shot down over
Sam Neu Province, Laos April
29th, 1965, his 33rd birthday.
He was captured three days
later by Laotian Communist
troops. His fate has not ever
been made public...
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The
Colonel was the last officially listed POW of the Vietnam War,
having been in that status for 29 years.
In late 1994 his name was etched on a granite marker in Arligton National
Cemetery,
thus laying the spririt of the Last Vietnam POW to rest. You and your
Brothers and Sisters in arms
are NOT Forgotten.
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