When Clifton Joe Scott was born on 4 September 1917, in Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Jody Granville Scott, was 24 and his mother, Myrtle Dona Williams, was 18. He married Vadna Mae Little on 26 April 1941, in Collin, Texas, United States. He lived in Madill, Marshall, Oklahoma, United States in 1930 and Justice Precinct 5, Collin, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 2 September 1944, in Normandy, France, at the age of 26, and was buried in Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.