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'''[[Cameron, Gerard G. (0285316)|Gerard Guyot Cameron]]''' (26 February 1909 – 24 March 1945) was a Princeton-born Ritchie Boy (Class 22) killed in action with the 218th CIC Detachment during the Rhine airborne assault.

'''[[Cameron, Gerard Guyot (0285316)|Gerard Guyot Cameron]]''' (26 February 1909 – 24 March 1945) was a Princeton-born Ritchie Boy ([[:Category:Class 22|Class 22]]) killed in action with the 218th CIC Detachment during the Rhine airborne assault.

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== Biography ==

Gerard Guyot Cameron was born on 26 February 1909 in Princeton, New Jersey. He earned a B.A. at Yale in 1931, attended graduate study at New York University, worked in municipal bonds and investment banking, and served in the New York National Guard (Troop K, Squadron A) from 1934 to 1937. Living in Erie County, New York, he enlisted as a private on 8 May 1942, attended OCS via Fort Bragg and Fort Sill (from August 1942), and reported to Camp Ritchie for Counter Intelligence Corps training on 19 August 1944 (Class 22).

Gerard Guyot Cameron was born on 26 February 1909 in Princeton, New Jersey. He earned a B.A. at Yale in 1931, attended graduate study at New York University, worked in municipal bonds and investment banking, and served in the New York National Guard (Troop K, Squadron A) from 1934 to 1937. Living in Erie County, New York, he enlisted as a private on 8 May 1942, attended OCS via Fort Bragg and Fort Sill (from August 1942), and reported to Camp Ritchie for Counter Intelligence Corps training on 19 August 1944 ([[:Category:Class 22|Class 22]]).

He went overseas on 20 January 1945 and volunteered with the 218th CIC Detachment attached to the 17th Airborne Division / XVIII Corps for the Rhine airborne assault. On 24 March 1945, northeast of Wesel on landing zone S, his glider was hit by anti-aircraft fire; he was killed by enemy small-arms fire after landing. He received the Purple Heart, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Ribbon with bronze arrowhead and three bronze stars, and the World War II Victory Medal. He is buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery at Margraten.

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-'''[[Cameron, Gerard G. (0285316)|Gerard Guyot Cameron]]''' (26 February 1909 – 24 March 1945) was a Princeton-born Ritchie Boy (Class 22) killed in action with the 218th CIC Detachment during the Rhine airborne assault.
+'''[[Cameron, Gerard Guyot (0285316)|Gerard Guyot Cameron]]''' (26 February 1909 – 24 March 1945) was a Princeton-born Ritchie Boy ([[:Category:Class 22|Class 22]]) killed in action with the 218th CIC Detachment during the Rhine airborne assault.
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 == Biography ==
-Gerard Guyot Cameron was born on 26 February 1909 in Princeton, New Jersey. He earned a B.A. at Yale in 1931, attended graduate study at New York University, worked in municipal bonds and investment banking, and served in the New York National Guard (Troop K, Squadron A) from 1934 to 1937. Living in Erie County, New York, he enlisted as a private on 8 May 1942, attended OCS via Fort Bragg and Fort Sill (from August 1942), and reported to Camp Ritchie for Counter Intelligence Corps training on 19 August 1944 (Class 22).
+Gerard Guyot Cameron was born on 26 February 1909 in Princeton, New Jersey. He earned a B.A. at Yale in 1931, attended graduate study at New York University, worked in municipal bonds and investment banking, and served in the New York National Guard (Troop K, Squadron A) from 1934 to 1937. Living in Erie County, New York, he enlisted as a private on 8 May 1942, attended OCS via Fort Bragg and Fort Sill (from August 1942), and reported to Camp Ritchie for Counter Intelligence Corps training on 19 August 1944 ([[:Category:Class 22|Class 22]]).
 He went overseas on 20 January 1945 and volunteered with the 218th CIC Detachment attached to the 17th Airborne Division / XVIII Corps for the Rhine airborne assault. On 24 March 1945, northeast of Wesel on landing zone S, his glider was hit by anti-aircraft fire; he was killed by enemy small-arms fire after landing. He received the Purple Heart, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Ribbon with bronze arrowhead and three bronze stars, and the World War II Victory Medal. He is buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery at Margraten.