Second Lieutenant Scott was a member of Headquarters, 6149th Tactical Air Control Squadron, U.S. Air Force. On 26 November 1950 he was the pilot of a F-80C Shooting Star fighter interceptor from the 7th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 49th Fighter Bomber Group. While on a combat mission, the aircraft's wing tips came off and it crashed near Taechong, North Korea. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

Scott was awarded the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.