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He was shot down and captured in Laos Apr 29, 1965. It is not known when and where he died. Stories did get back that he was an incorrigible prisoner while with the Pathet Lao and due to that, he was reportedly transferred to North Vietnam. He even beat to death 3 of his guards who were mistreating him. His remains were not recovered.
He is memorialized in Arlington with a headstone in Section 36 Grave 123. He is also memorialized at the Colonel Charles E. Shelton Freedom Memorial in Owensboro, KY, his home town.
Sources differ as to how his death is listed. Some give his shootdown date of Apr 29, 1965; and some give the date he was officially declared dead on Sep 19, 1994. However, witnesses and reports say that his death had to occur between those 2 dates; but exactly when is unknown.
This Veteran has an (IMO) In Memory Of Headstone in Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial, Hawaii with another memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.
