Timeline

February 13, 1929
Birth – Staten Island, NY
February 13, 1929
February 4, 1947
Graduation – Curtis High School, Staten Island, NY
February 4, 1947
1947 – 1949
Fordham University Enrollment & Pearl Insurance Co. Employment
1947 – 1949
May 1949 – June 1957
Maryknoll Seminaries for Theological Studies
May 1949 – June 1957
June 14, 1958
Ordination
June 14, 1958
1958 -1965
Missionary Assignments – Taiwan & Hong Kong
1958 -1965
December 28, 1965
Commissioning as Lt. CHC USNR
December 28, 1965
1966
Training at Newport & Camp Pendleton
1966
Holy Week 1966
Arrival in Vietnam
Holy Week 1966
April 1966 – April 1967
1st Tour – Service with 1st Bn. 7th Marines & 1st Medical Bn.
April 1966 – April 1967
June – September 1967
Extension of Tour – Service with 1st Bn. 5th Marines
June – September 1967
September 4, 1967
Death during Operation Swift
September 4, 1967
September 13, 1967
Formal Memorial Service – DaNang, Vietnam
September 13, 1967
September 19, 1967
Requiem Mass – Queen of Peace Church, North Arlington, NJ
Burial – St. Peter’s Cemetery, Staten Island
September 19, 1967
January 7, 1969
Posthumous Recipient -Medal of Honor
January 7, 1969
June 1, 2000
First Edition of The Grunt Padre
June 1, 2000
May 19, 2006
Public Decree of Servant of God
May 19, 2006
October 13, 2013
Establishment of the Tribunal
October 13, 2013
February 2014
Formation of the Father Capodanno Guild
February 2014
May 2017
Sealing of the Acta and Sending to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
May 2017
September 2017
Release of the Docudrama Called and Chosen
September 2017
March 2020
Printing of the Positio
March 2020
May 2022
Recommendation of the Theological Consultants
May 2022
March 2023
Creation of the Historical Commission
March 2023

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