USS Caron (DD-970) was a Spruance-class destroyer, named for Hospital Corpsman Third Class Wayne M. Caron (1946–1968), who wa ... s killed in action during the Vietnam War, and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. During Caron’s more than 20 years of service, she had been involved in every conflict that the US had been involved in since her commissioning. Caron was in Grenada, the Gulf of Sidra, the Black Sea and the Gulf War. read more