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Vincent R.
Capodanno
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Place: Quang Tin province,
Republic of Vietnam
Date: September 4, 1967
Rank and organization:
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy,
Chaplain Corps, 3rd Battalion,
5th Marines.
1st Marine Division (Rein), FMF.
Entered service at:
Staten Island, NY 
Birth: Feb. 13, 1929
Staten Island, NY


Capodanno taking the Chaplain oath for the U.S. Navy
Sketch of battle scene involving Capodanno

Capodanno gives a sermon in Vietnam

Capodanno with children while on a mission in Taiwan
Capodanno's brick at the Veteran's Memorial in Kokomo, Indiana

U.S.S. Capodanno named in memory of the Lieutenant 		 


Some of the Marines Capodanno went into battle with

On Nov. 3, 1969, "Capodanno Hall" was dedicated at the San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard
Capodanno Chapel in Vietnam, the first known chapel honoring him

  

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