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*** Father Capodanno ***

Father Vincent Capodanno was shot and killed in Vietnam, by A Viet Cong soldier on September 4, 1967, while running to the aid of a medical corpsman and a Marine.

He was born in Elm park, Staten Island where he graduated from Curtis High School and studied at Maryknoll to become a Roman Catholic missionary. He was ordained a priest in 1958.

He served as a missionary in Taiwan and Hong Kong, but during the Vietnam War he felt he was needed by the Marines in the combat zone and went there in 1966.

He received a posthumous Medal of Honor in 1969 for his service. A destroyer escort (Knox class Frigate - I have be told) was commisioned the USS Capodanno FF-1093.

Staten Island honored him by renaming Seaside Boulevard to Father Capodanno Boulevard


* some information courtesy of the Staten Island Advance Newspaper.

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Operation Swift
In this fight Sgt. Lawrence Peters won his Medal of Honor, awarded posthumously, in leading his men in repulsing repeated attempts to overrun his position. Navy Chaplain Lt. Vincent Capadonno was with 2nd Platoon and also was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor for his efforts in pulling wounded men to safety in face of overwhelming enemy fire.

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