STEPHEN D. SCOTT, 1LT, USMC
Stephen Scott '77
Lucky Bag
From the 1977 Lucky Bag:
STEPHEN D. SCOTT
Daly City, Prep School, and Navy Football all benefited from Steve’s presence. Never lacking a wise crack or confidence, this quiet, dark haired preppy from the Coast won friends from the start. Steve is the only one who can walk through a gale and come out with his hair unruffled. One thing is certain, from the classroom and J.F.K. Stadium he will take the winning spirit and determination that so characterized him at the Academy.
STEPHEN D. SCOTT
Daly City, Prep School, and Navy Football all benefited from Steve’s presence. Never lacking a wise crack or confidence, this quiet, dark haired preppy from the Coast won friends from the start. Steve is the only one who can walk through a gale and come out with his hair unruffled. One thing is certain, from the classroom and J.F.K. Stadium he will take the winning spirit and determination that so characterized him at the Academy.
Loss
Stephen was lost on February 13, 1980 when the A-4 Skyhawk he was piloting crashed immediately after takeoff at Yuma, Arizona.
From A-4 Skyhawk:
1st Lt. Steve Scott perished in a takeoff accident in TA-4J BuNo 155101 at MCAS Yuma, AZ.
JET PILOT KILLED IN CRASH.
Yuma (AP) -- The California pilot of a Navy jet trainer carrying live ordnance was killed when his plane plunged into a line of parked aircraft shortly after takeoff at the Marine Corps Air Station here and burst into flames, authorities said.
Officials Wednesday identified the pilot as Marine 1st Lt. STEVE SCOTT, 25, Daley City, Calif. Marine Maj. Dan Dorn said the A-4 Skyhawk was assigned to VT-25 Squadron based at the Navy Air Station in Beeville, Texas.
He said cause of the crash was undetermined but apparently involved "mechanical failure of some kind" following takeoff. Witnesses said the aircraft appeared to lose power just before it plummeted into the parked planes. Dorn also said some of the Navy jet's ordinance exploded during the crash.
The two planes into which the Navy jet plunged, also A-4 Skyhawks from the Beeville base, were destroyed. Dorn estimated the loss at $3 million.
Casa Grande Dispatch Arizona 1980-02-14
Other Information
From the April 1980 issue of Shipmate:
Appointed to the Naval Academy after having attended the preparatory school, he was graduated with the Class of 1977 and accepted his commission in the Marine Corps. At the Academy he was known as a quiet, confident, well-liked midshipman.
He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Denzil G. Scott of Daly City, California; and three brothers and three sisters.
From researcher Kathy Franz:
He was also survived by his fiancée Laura Youngs of San Antonio; his mother Mary; and his siblings Joanne, Michael, Robert, Thomas, Nancy and Mary.
He was a graduate in 1972 from Junipero Serra High School, San Mateo.
He is buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.
Memorial Award
From Junipero Serra HS:
The Stephen Scott Award is presented to a member of the varsity football team who through dedication, commitment and role modeling has served as an Inspirational player to his teammates and coaches. The award is selected by the football coaching staff and is given only in years when there is a worthy recipient.
Photographs
From his high school yearbook
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