Turose, Michael Stephen
Air Force 1st lieutenant

Michael Stephen Turose from Parma, Ohio, Cuyahoga county. Their last known residence was in Parma.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Sunday, September 17, 1972
Death details:  On September 17, 1972, an F-105 Thunderchief (tail number 62-8360, call sign “Condor 01”) with a crew of two departed Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base on a combat mission. The aircraft was hit by a surface to air missile (SAM) in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q YH 187 827, and both crew members ejected. Their parachutes were seen to land in the Gulf of Tonkin. Search and rescue teams saw the bodies of both crew members below the surface of the water, but were unable to retrieve them due to harassing enemy fire. 

First Lieutenant Michael Stephen Turose, who joined the U.S. Air Force from Ohio, served with the 17th Wild Weasel Squadron. He was the electronic warfare officer aboard the Thunderchief when it was shot down, and his remains were not recovered. Today, First Lieutenant Turose is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. 

Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency