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THOMAS EDWIN SCHEURICH
Commander · U.S. Navy
August 19, 1933 – March 1, 1968
Service recordThomas Edwin Scheurich, of Norfolk, Nebraska, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on March 1, 1968, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 24
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 35
- Born
- August 19, 1933
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Nebraska (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 1, 1968
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VA 35”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 42E, Line 24
- THOMAS DAVID ROSTAMOPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JOHN STEPHEN SIMMONSSecond Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- THOMAS SPADAROPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE SPICERCorporal · March 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CLIVE LANNOMLieutenant · Panel 42E, Line 19
From Norfolk
- DENNIS WILLIAM ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1966
- JERRY L ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- JEROLD WERNER MEISINGERSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- JEROME DEE CHANDLERSergeant · November 27, 1968
- CLAUDE RICHARD VANANDELSergeant · May 27, 1969
- ROGER LEE HUNDTSergeant · December 3, 1969
- STEVEN DREW STRUBESpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- MICHAEL LYNN WEMHOFFPrivate First Class · April 16, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.