by Zoe Romanowsky

Todays marks the 48th anniversary of the death of Fr. Vincent Capodanno on a battlefield in Vietnam. Though only 38 when he died, he was beloved by the men he heroically served, and by the family and friends he left behind. (His brother James tearfully recalls his brother's life here.)

Fr. Capodanno was one of nine children and grew up in Staten Island, New York. After a year at Fordham, he entered the Maryknoll Missionary Seminary in Ossining, New York, and was ordained a priest on June 14, 1958.

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