WASHINGTON –
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced today that U.S. Navy Capt. Thomas E. Scheurich, 34, killed during the Vietnam War, was accounted for April 23, 2025.
In March 1968, Scheurich was assigned to Attack Squadron THREE FIVE, Air Wing 9, USS Enterprise, Task Force 77, 7th Fleet. On March 1, he was piloting an A-6A Intruder aircraft with one other crew member, conducting a night strike mission over northern Vietnam. The last radio and radar contact with the aircraft was near the Gulf of Tonkin, over a series of islands known to have light anti-aircraft artillery. An air search failed to locate the aircraft and both crewmembers were declared missing in action. On April 28, 1978, the Navy reported Scheurich as Killed in Action. He was later posthumously promoted to the rank of Captain.
This is an initial release. The complete accounting of Scheurich's case will be published once the family receives their full briefing.
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Scheurich's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000BTUrEAO.