Paul Douglas Carron was born on September 15, 1977, in Union, Missouri. He was the son of Douglas and Myong Carron. He was married to Susan Abernethy Carron. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Infantry after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1999. Over the course of his eleven-year Army career, he served with distinction in numerous leadership roles and deployed five times in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. In 2007, he was recognized as a recipient of the MacArthur Leadership Award, and in August 2008, he was selected to serve as Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General, United States Army Europe. He was serving with the 2nd Stryker Regiment as the Squadron Executive Officer and had been deployed in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom since June 2010.

Maj Carron died on September 18, 2010, in a noncombat-related incident in Qalat, Afghanistan. He is now buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.

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