Scott, Dain Vanderlin
Navy Lieutenant Commander

Dain Vanderlin Scott, age 25, from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, Allegheny county.

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: August 21, 1967

Death details:  On August 21, 1967, an A-6A Intruder (bureau number 152627, call sign “Milestone 402”) launched in a flight of four from the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CVA 4) on a strike mission outside Hanoi, North Vietnam. During egress from the target area, this Intruder was attacked by enemy aircraft. “Milestone 402” went missing during the resulting aerial combat and did not return to the ship, though exact circumstances surrounding its loss are unknown. Only the pilot’s remains have been accounted for.

Lieutenant Junior Grade Dain Vanderlin Scott entered the U.S. Navy from Pennsylvania and was a member of Attack Squadron 196, Carrier Air Wing 14. He was the bombardier/navigator aboard this Intruder and he was lost with the aircraft. His remains were not recovered and further attempts to locate them have been unsuccessful. Subsequent to the incident, and while carried in the status of missing in action (MIA), the U.S. Navy promoted LTJG Scott to the rank of Lieutenant Commander (LCDR). Today, Lieutenant Commander Scott is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency