Medal of Honor Monday: Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Wayne Caron
July 29, 2024
July 29, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news:
As a hospital corpsman, Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Wayne Maurice Caron took his duty to care for the men around him so seriously that, during a firefight in his first month in Vietnam, he ignored his own wounds to tend to everyone else. Caron never returned home from that mission, but his valor and selflessness led him to receive a posthumous Medal of Honor.
Caron was born Nov. 2, 1946, . . .
As a hospital corpsman, Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Wayne Maurice Caron took his duty to care for the men around him so seriously that, during a firefight in his first month in Vietnam, he ignored his own wounds to tend to everyone else. Caron never returned home from that mission, but his valor and selflessness led him to receive a posthumous Medal of Honor.
Caron was born Nov. 2, 1946, . . .