Tom William Scott (1902 - 1988)

Born 8 Oct 1902 in Kansas, United States

Died 22 Dec 1988 at age 86 in La Jolla, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States

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Tom William Scott was awarded the Legion of Merit.

Tom William Scott was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.

Biography

Tom William Scott is Notable.

Tom William Scott (8 October 1902 – 22 December 1988) was a brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force who served in World War II and the Korean War.

Father: William Jewell Scott^[1]
Mother: Dolly Inez Johnson^[2]"

Married Marian Davis

Children:
David Randolph Scott 1932 Texas
Tom William Scott Jr

Obituary

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Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Tom William Scott, the father of Gemini and Apollo astronaut David Randolph Scott, has died at age 86.

Gen. Scott, who began his 28-year military career in 1929 as an Army flying cadet, died Dec. 22 in his La Jolla, Calif., home.

During World War II, Gen. Scott was a base commander at Burtonwood Air Depot in England, the main U.S. maintenance depot for aircraft being used in Europe. He also was deputy commander of the 20th Air Force during the Korean War, overseeing the United States' long-range bombing of communist forces in Korea.

Gen. Scott, whose military honors included the Bronze Star and two Legions of Merit, retired in February, 1957, and moved to La Jolla four years later . He was a La Jolla Town Council trustee from 1966 to 1972.

His son David became an astronaut in 1963 and flew on the Gemini 8 and Apollo 9 space missions before being named commander of Apollo 15. David Scott is now president of a Palmdale company that provides engineering and marketing services for commercial space projects.

Gen. Scott is also survived by his wife, Marian; and another son, Tom Jr . of Birmingham, Ala^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ William J. Scott on Find A Grave: Memorial #103738033 accessed on 03 Apr 2019
2. ↑ Dolly J. Scott on Find A Grave: Memorial #77324807 accessed on 03 Apr 2019
3. ↑ Published in the Chicago Tribune, 30 Dec 1988

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #1165796
• Wikipedia: Tom William Scott
• This WikiTree profile is referenced from Wikidata: Item Q61771415, en:Wikipedia
• Ancestry Profile
• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPM5-TZK : 26 November 2014), Tom William Scott, 22 Dec 1988; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1TH-NJX : 20 May 2014), Tom W Scott, 22 Dec 1988; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK7L-6FS5 : 15 September 2016), Brigadier General Tom William Scott, California, United States, 27 Dec 1988; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing San Diego Union, The, born-digital text.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2ZD-8M3 : accessed 18 December 2017), Thomas Scott in household of Wm J Scott, Wichita Ward 1, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 106, sheet 4A, family 103, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 456; FHL microfilm 1,374,469.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQ1-ZPW : accessed 18 December 2017), Thomas W Scott in household of Dolly J Scott, Los Angeles Assembly District 72, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing ED 330, sheet 12A, line 42, family 323, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 112; FHL microfilm 1,820,112.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC6K-YM1 : accessed 18 December 2017), Tom W Scott, Coronado, San Diego, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 35, sheet 14B, line 53, family 432, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 190; FHL microfilm 2,339,925.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4WN-SL7 : accessed 18 December 2017), Tom W Scott, Area F, San Antonio, Justice Precinct 1, Bexar, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 259-211, sheet 63B, line 46, family 274, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4208.
• USAF Bio