Sergeant Caron was a crew member of a B-29A Superfortress Bomber with the 345th Bomber Squadron, 98th Bomber Wing based at Yokota, Japan. On 7 February 1952, his aircraft crashed three miles northwest of Yokota Air Base killing him.

Caron was awarded the Purple Heart, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.