Vietnam War
Unit | Attack Squadron 196 |
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Rank | Lieutenant Commander U.S. Navy |
Entered Service From | Gibsonia Pennsylvania |
Date of Death | August 21 1967 |
Status | Missing In Action |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Lieutenant Commander Scott, U.S. Naval Reserve, was a member of Attack Squadron 196, Carrier Air Wing 14 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS CONSTELLATION (CVA-64). On August 21, 1967, he was the bombardier/navigator of a Grumman Attack Aircraft Intruder (A-6A) on a mission to strike the Duc Noi rail yard four miles north of Hanoi. After the strike his aircraft took a northern egress route over China and was shot down by a surface to air missile. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.