DeConto, Gerald Francis, CAPT

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Captain

Last Primary NEC
111X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Surface Warfare

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
2001-2001, 111X, Pentagon Navy Command Center (NCC), CNO - OPNAV

Service Years
1979 - 2001

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Massachusetts

Year of Birth
1957

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Casualty Info

Home Town Sandwich, MA	Last Address Sandwich, MA

Casualty Date Sep 11, 2001
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Intentional Homicide
Location Virginia	Conflict Terrorist Attack on the Pentagon
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia	Wall/Plot Coordinates Section 64, Grave 4872

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2001, The National Gold Star Family Registry
	2001, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
	2013, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2013, September 11, 2001 Fallen

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Captain DeConto was assigned as director of current operations and plans branch for the Navy Command Center at the Pentagon in June 2001.

Comments/Citation:

In 1979, he graduated from the US Naval Academy with a bachelor's degree in physics. Upon receiving his commission, he attended the Surface Warfare Officer School in San Diego before reporting to the USS Excel as a damage control assistant.

From 1982 to 1984, he served on the USS Fresno as an operations officer. He earned a master's of science degree in mechanical engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., in 1986. He was assigned to the USS Hewitt, where he served as chief engineer from December 1986 to July 1989.

He also served as executive officer of the USS Lake Erie and commanding officer of the USS Simpson. He also was chief of staff for Standing Naval Force Mediterranean from April 2000 to May 2001.

1984-1986, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA

FromYear 1984	ToYear 1986
College Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
Major mechanical engineering

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	Website http://www.nps.edu/

Last Updated:Sep 7, 2014

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