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February 13, 1929
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Birth - Richmond County , NY
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February 4, 1947
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Graduation - Curtis High School , Staten Island , NY
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1947 - 1949
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Fordham University Enrollment & Wall St Employment
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May 1949 - June 1957
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Maryknoll Seminary
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June 14, 1958
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Ordination
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1958 - 1965
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Missionary Assignment - Taiwan & Hong Kong
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December 28, 1965
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Commissioning as Lt. CHC USNR
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1966
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Training at Newport & Camp Pendleton
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Holy Week 1966
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Arrival in Vietnam
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April 1966 - April 1967
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1st Tour - Service with 1 st Bn. 7 th Marines & 1 st Medical Bn.
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June - September 1967
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Extension of Tour - Service with 1 st Bn. 5 th Marines
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September 4, 1967
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Death during Operation Swift
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September 13, 1967
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Formal Memorial Service - DaNang , Vietnam
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September 19, 1967
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Requiem Mass - Queen of Peace Church , North Arlington , NJ
Burial - St. Peter's Cemetery, Staten Island
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January 7, 1969
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Posthumous Recipient -Medal of Honor
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1992
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Completion of The Grunt Padre as Daniel Mode's Seminary Thesis
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February 2000
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Formation of the Fr. Vincent Robert Capodanno Foundation
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June 1, 2000
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First Edition of The Grunt Padre
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December 24, 2001
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Launch of initial CatholicMil.org website
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April 2004
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Fr. Dan Mode called to serve in Afghanistan
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May 2004
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Submission of Initial Documentation to The Congregation for the Causes of Saints; CatholicMil acted as Petitioner, Fr. Mode named Postulator
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May 21, 2006
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Public Decree of Servant of God
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August 1, 2006
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Legal dissolution of Capodanno Foundation finalized;
CatholicMil entrusted with its
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CatholicMil launches new website under its new corporate name: Mission Capodanno. |
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