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Photographer: J. J. Prats
Taken: April 8, 2017
Caption: Warrant Officer-1 Gerald Lewis Caton
Additional Description: HQ & Spt Co., 326th Medical BN, 101st ABN Div (AMBL), United States Army.

November 16, 1945 to August 17, 1969

Gerald was raised in Springfield, Virginia. His brother, Douglas E Caton, is a Major General, U.S. Army Retired. Gerald graduated from Robert E. Lee High School and enrolled in the University of Virginia in 1964. He was 3rd year student majoring in geology when he enlisted in the army. He received his Army Airman’s Wings and was flying as a copilot on a military medevac mission in Thua Thien Province when the aircraft received ground fire from a hostile force, crashed and burned.

WO-1 Caton was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Air Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Submitted: April 15, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p380262
File Size: 0.896 Megabytes

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