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Awaiting word after 17 years a POW's wife holds on
Marian Shelton, wife of Air Force Col Charles Shelton, remains hopeful that he is alive after his RF-101 was shot down over Laos on April 29, 1965. She notes multiple sighting reports and says the Air Force never updated his status beyond still listing him as a prisoner of war. Shelton, who turned 33 the day of the crash, was believed alive on the ground but could not be rescued. She serves as Southern California coordinator for the National League of POW MIA Families and questions why final status has not changed.
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Dan Tedrick
SAN Diego
Marian Shelton
Laos
Air Force
Charles Shelton
Department of Defense
Vietnam
Sheltons
Joan
Shelton
Col
Southeast Asia
Kentucky
Owensboro
Robert Dornan
R-Calif
Southern California
Randolph Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Secretary of the