Captain Thomas Edwin Scheurich, a Vietnam War pilot missing in action for 57 years, was repatriated to Norfolk on Friday.

His remains were identified earlier this year at the crash site of his plane, which vanished on March 1, 1968, after completing a bombing mission. His children, Tom Jr. of Virginia Beach and Marianne of Richmond, attended the homecoming, with burial set for Nov. 14 at Arlington National Cemetery.

After missing in action for 57 years in Vietnam, the remains of Navy pilot Capt. Thomas E. Scheurich made the dignified transfer home to his family in Virginia Beach on Friday. (Stephen M. Katz / The Virginian-Pilot)

The portrait of Captain Thomas Scheurich circa 1967 that hung in his home in Virginia Beach for many years following his disappearance during a bombing missio

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