The City of Owensboro is encouraging the community to honor a veteran with a personalized memorial paver that will be engraved and installed at the Charles E. Shelton Memorial located at Smothers Park downtown.
The memorial, which has become a pilgrimage point for those remembering prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action, is currently the backdrop for hundreds of pavers bearing the names of veterans who are from or have of ties to Owensboro.
Each 5.5” x 5.5” paver is $75.00 and includes a commemorative certificate.
There are 600 pavers available for veterans of the armed services as long as a copy of a DD-214 form or other evidence of honorable discharge can be provided. Honorees must also have a connection to Owensboro.
Applications are available at www.owensboro.org or can be picked up at City Hall, 101 E. 4th Street.
Orders for pavers must be submitted by May 6, in order to ensure installation by Memorial Day.
The Charles E. Shelton Memorial is dedicated to Col. Charles E. Shelton, U.S. Air Force, who was shot down while on a mission over Laos in 1964. Col. Shelton was finally declared killed in action in 1994 and is the last official POW of the Vietnam War.
