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Gerald Clark Caron Jr.

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Birth	:	20 Feb 1936
Death	:	8 Jul 2000
Burial	:	Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent, King County, USA
Coordinate	:	47.3872223, -122.0935440
Plot	:	Section K Row E Site 88
Inscription	:	US NAVY
Description	:	One of the Navy's most highly decorated pilots has been awarded his second Silver Star Medal for gallantry in Vietnam. He is Lieutenant Commander Gerald C. (Gary) Caron, an officer on the staff of Commander Task Force 77 aboard the carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA 63) operating in the Far East. It brought to 39 the number of decorations awarded to the 33-year-old naval aviator who received his latest medal for flying the first single plane, night radar mission against the enemy on 22 Aug 1967. Then serving in an A-6A all weather radar aircraft with Attack Squadron 196, LCDR Caron... Read More	One of the Navy's most highly decorated pilots has been awarded his second Silver Star Medal for gallantry in Vietnam. He is Lieutenant Commander Gerald C. (Gary) Caron, an officer on the staff of Commander Task Force 77 aboard the carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA 63) operating in the Far East. It brought to 39 the number of decorations awarded to the 33-year-old naval aviator who received his latest medal for flying the first single plane, night radar mission against the enemy on 22 Aug 1967. Then serving in an A-6A all weather radar aircraft with Attack Squadron 196, LCDR Caron took his lone aircraft into a heavily defended area and successfully completed his assigned mission. LCDR Caron has been credited with having carried out the first night radar mission against enemy surface forces, receiving one of his four Distinguished Flying Crosses for action in the Tonkin Gulf in August 1966. His other major military decorations, in addition to the Silver Stars and DFCs include 16 Air medals, five Navy Commendation Medals, two Navy Achievement Medals, and the Armed Forces and Navy Expeditionary Medals. The Regis (Colorado) College graduate joined the Navy in 1957, and from the outset of his aviation career, developed a reputation as a bull's-eye bombardier. He won several awards for his bombing skill from 1958 through 1960, including the top bombardier awards in the Pacific Naval Air and Fleet Air Whidbey bombing derby. LCDR Caron also earned the title of Top Gun Bombardier and Navigator at the 1959 All- Naval Air Weapons Meet.

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Gerald Clark Caron Jr.'s memorial is located at: Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent, King County, USA.
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Latitude: 47.3872223
Longitude: -122.0935440

Family Members:

Parent

Clark Caron

(1906 - 1986)

Mary Frances McCoy Caron

(1911 - 1937)

Siblings

Charles D “Charlie” Caron

(1932 - 2012)

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