Gerald F. DeConto

1979

Captain DeConto was born in Sandwich, MA, and was a high school soccer star before his appointment to the Academy. While on the Yard, Captain DeConto played rugby and graduated with a bachelor’s degree with a major in physics with the Class of 1979. Rising through the ranks, he served aboard EXCEL, FRESNO, HEWITT, LAKE ERIE and SIMPSON, also attending Naval War College and Naval Postgraduate School. Captain DeConto had been promoted to director of Current Operations and Plans and was at the Pentagon organizing a response to the crisis in New York from his office in the D Ring.