05/27/2026
A3c Marlon Lee Scott, 21, of Lebanon, Indiana, has now returned home more than 70 years after he perished, along with 51 other service members, in the crash of a C-124 Globemaster II in Alaska on November 22, 1952.
The aircraft, the largest transport plane at the time, was in route from McChord Air Force Base in Tacoma, Washington, to Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage. It was later determined that the plane had crashed into the side of Mount Gannett, east of Anchorage, immediately killing all aboard. Recovery efforts were impossible due to the weather conditions butt efforts to locate wreckage and remains have continued over the years.
In June 2012, Stephen L. Scott Sr., of Indianapolis, the younger brother of Marlon, was informed by officials that a National Guard helicopter crew had spotted pieces of the plane's wreckage. The debris was scattered and buried on Colony Glacier, twelve miles from where the Globemaster's wreckage was last seen in 1952. That triggered new recovery efforts, which included many agencies and personnel from the Air Force, Army, and National Guard.
Stephen and other family members supplied DNA samples, which finally led to the idenfication of Marlon's remains in April 2025.
He will be laid to rest tomorrow, May 27, 2025, in Lebanon, Indiana.
Rest in Eternal Peace Brother, Your long flight home has now come to it's end.
Sources:
Boone County Daily News
Findagrave.com
Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives
