European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 23, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 tribute to pos mias will live on by Nancy l. Torner . Bureau Raf Chicksands England flags at a memorial to prisoners of War and service members missing in action have been removed at Raf Chicksands in anticipation of the base s closure next year. However the Vigil will be kept alive at Raf Lakenheath where parts of the Chick Sands memorial will be incorporated into a new shrine. We will Assem ble a new memorial that will be similar Altman to the design of this one at Chicksands chief master  Whaley senior enlisted adviser for Raf Lakenheath s 48th fighter Wing said at the sept. 16 Chicksands ceremony. / construction of the Lakenheath me Morial is to begin in october or novem Ber and should be completed before summer Whaley said. Bids still Are being accepted and the Cost is not known yet. A. The Chicksands memorial primarily consisted of White lettering that read lest we forget attached to a Decora Tive red Brick Wall. Two flags flew Over the memorial an american Flag and Flag designating paws and mias. The flags were passed to Lakenheath during the ceremony and will Fly Over the new memorial when it is completed Whaley said. Other salvageable parts of the Chicksands memorial also will be incorporated into the Lakenheath shrine. We accept not Only the heritage but the responsibility to keep alive your me Morial it. Col. Roger Baxter com Mander of Lakenheath s 48th logistics group said during the ceremony. Retired col. Donald Waltman 63, former prisoner of War who was invited by Chicksands to attend the ceremony said the memorial served As a reminder of human sacrifices. I wish that All of my friends who flew missions with me and did not come Home Chicksands Flag lowering Marks the end of a pow Mia shrine whose spirit will be embodied in a memorial at  Marc Mcfann could have been Here Waltman said. Waltman who retired in London after 30 years in the military spent More than six years As a prisoner of War in Vietnam. His aircraft was shot Down sept. 19, 1966,during a bombing raid North of Hanoi. The first three years were pretty bad Waltman said. The condition were deplorable. " Waltman said his Strong beliefs in god country and his family got him through the ordeal. Despite enemy propaganda to the contrary he said he knew he had not been forgotten. At the memorial ceremony it. Col. Randall Lanning vice commander of Chicksands 774th a group said most of our recent pow Mia efforts have been focused on Vietnam and As result we now have accounting for 289 americans missing there previously listed As Mia. Even so american service men unaccounted for in recent wars re main in staggering numbers 3,350 from world War i 78,750 from world War ii 8,173 from Korea and 2,229 from  Lanning noted that a total of 52 serv ice members initially identified As missing during operation desert storm have since been accounted for. Construction of the Chicksands memo Soldier who triggered fast Chase sentenced Wurzburg Germany is the Soldier who led military police on a late night car Chase in Vilseck Germany last March stopping Only after 16 shots had been fired at his car pleaded guilty to four charges in a general court martial last week. A spokesman for the 3rd inf div said spec. William e. Brueck was sentenced sept. 13 to a reduction in rank 10 months confinement and a bad conduct Dis charge. He was charged with failure to obey a lawful Regula Tion failure to obey a police order driving while intoxicated and driving in a reckless manner. The charges Stem from an incident late March 6. The car that Brueck was driving was seen travelling 86 Mph on Rose Barracks in Vilseck. Police pursued Brueck and said he seeded to 110 Mph once off the base. He slowed As he approached a hastily formed Roadblock but mane Vered around the cars in his path. A criminal investigation agent sgt. 1st class Jeffery Brady then opened fire eventually firing 13 times at the car. One Bullet struck pfc. Matthew Pomeroy a Passen Ger in the Back seat in the Back. Other bullets struck the car causing Brueck to Stop about a Quarter mile beyond the Roadblock. Brady was acquitted of criminal charges at a court martial in july. He had been charged with unlawful use of deadly Force. Cpl. Charles d. Chester the military policeman at the Roadblock also fired. No judicial action was taken against Chester the division spokesman said. Rial was proposed in 1989 by master sgt. Michael Standley the project was sponsored by the air Force sergeant s association and built by about 60 volunteers. Construction took about three months. The Lakenheath memorial is a project of the 48th fighter Wing which already had plans to erect another memorial at the base Whaley said. Three aircraft an f-15 and an full fron bases in Ger Many and an f-4 from Raf Alconbury in England will be installed on Pedes tals at peacekeeper Park on the base. The new memorial to prisoners of War and persons missing in action will be erected behind the aircraft Whaley said. Status of Symbol in Row mint changed to killed in action Washington is the status of air Force col. Charles e. Shelton the last american to be listed As a prisoner of War in Southeast Asia has been changed to killed in  air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall approved  cannot imagine him being alive still. The family needs some closure on the whole thing. We want to put it behind us John Shelton son of col. Charlese Shelton change tuesday after the action was requested by his family. The Pilot s wife Dorothy Marian Shelton struggled for 25 years to find out what had happened to her husband and whether he might be alive. She eventually gave up Hope. In 1990, she committed suicide. Her death prompted the couple s five children to ask the air Force last year to change their father status to killed in action. I personally cannot imagine him being alive still son John Shelton told the associated press on wednesday from his Home in los Angeles. The family needs some closure on the whole thing. We want to put it behind  an air Force statement said Shelton s family wanted the administrative change so it could give him the proper memorial service he deserves. Shelton was shot Down Over Laos in 1965. If still living he would be 62. Air Force officials said Shelton s status was re viewed by a Board consisting of three general offi cers with Vietnam combat experience. Their conclusion said Shelton could not still be living after 29years in Captivity. In March 1994, the joint task Force full accounting one of the primary agencies involved in accounting for missing americans in Southeast Asia did an extensive investigation in the area where Shelton was taken prisoner. They also gained Access to the area where he was reportedly buried but did not find his remains or any evidence he was still alive. Until now Shelton s status has been a rallying Point for those pressing to account for every Ameri can who is still listed As missing from the War. As late As 1984, then air Force Secretary Verne Orr decided to retain Shelton s pow status As a Symbol of the . Commitment to get this account ing the statement said