Timeline

February 13, 1929
Birth – Richmond County, NY

February 4, 1947
Graduation – Curtis High School, Staten Island, NY

1947 – 1949
Fordham University Enrollment & Wall St Employment

May 1949 – June 1957
Maryknoll Seminaries for Theological Studies

June 14, 1958
Ordination

1958 -1965
Missionary Assignments – Taiwan & Hong Kong

December 28, 1965
Commissioning as Lt. CHC USNR

1966
Training at Newport & Camp Pendleton

Holy Week 1966
Arrival in Vietnam

April 1966 – April 1967
1st Tour – Service with 1st Bn. 7th Marines & 1st Medical Bn.

June – September 1967
Extension of Tour – Service with 1st Bn. 5th Marines

September 4, 1967
Death during Operation Swift

September 13, 1967
Formal Memorial Service – DaNang, Vietnam

September 19, 1967
Requiem Mass – Queen of Peace Church, North Arlington, NJ
Burial – St. Peter’s Cemetery, Staten Island

January 7, 1969
Posthumous Recipient -Medal of Honor

June 1, 2000
First Edition of The Grunt Padre

May 21, 2006
Public Decree of Servant of God