Bernard John Caron was born on October 10, 1936, in Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada. He was the son of Emile Caron and Elise Collard Caron, one of a family of seven brothers and sisters. He was married to Linda Lee, and the father of three girls, Leslie Kay, Laurie Ann, and Lana Jean, who lived in Fayetteville, North Carolina, while he deployed to Vietnam serving with Company A, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, USARV.
During Operation JEB STUART, a search and destroy mission in northern Quang Tri and Thua Tien Provinces, Company A, B, and D of the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry, were hit with 40 rounds of 60mm and 82mm enemy mortar fire in their defensive positions in the vicinity of Xon Thuong Loc of Hai Lang District on the 9th of February 1968. Eight soldiers were killed in the attack, twenty-three were wounded and evacuated for treatment.
One of the casualties was SSgt Caron, who was killed in action as a result of multiple fragmentation wounds. His body went missing on the battlefield until recovered on February 17, 1968.
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