| 词条 | Charles Shelton |
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After his plane was shot down, Shelton sent a radio report that he had escaped by parachute. A helicopter was dispatched to retrieve him, but was unable to reach him due to poor visibility. Six days after his capture, his wife was informed that villagers said he had been captured by Laotian communist forces. He is believed to have been held as a prisoner of war and his family was told stories of his courage while imprisoned, but he was never released or accounted for. His wife, Marian Shelton, sought to find him and became an active participant in the POW-MIA movement. In October 1990 she committed suicide, apparently due to frustration and despair over her inability to find him.[1][2] In September 1994, the Air Force reclassified him as killed in action upon the request of his children and after a search of the area where he was captured failed to yield evidence that he might still be alive.[1][2] At the time of his downing, Shelton held the rank of captain; between then and the time he was declared to be killed in action, he was promoted to the rank of colonel. Shelton was honored at a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery attended by dignitaries including General Merrill McPeak, Chief of Staff of the Air Force.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E5D9153DF936A35753C1A962958260 Children of the Last P.O.W. Close a Pain-Filled Chapter], The New York Times, October 5, 1994 2. ^1 Sally Streff Buzbee, Last Vietnam POW Declared Dead So Family Can Have Peace After Decades Of Pain, Associated Press. Published by the Seattle Times, September 29, 1994. External links{{Portal|Biography|United States Air Force}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Shelton, Charles}}{{USAF-bio-stub}}{{Vietnam-war-stub}} 6 : 1932 births|United States Air Force officers|American air force personnel of the Vietnam War|Vietnam War prisoners of war|People declared dead in absentia|Year of death unknown |
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