HONORED ON PANEL 12E, LINE 43 OF THE WALL
MICHAEL JOSEPH QUEALY
WALL NAME
MICHAEL J QUEALY
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12E/43
DATE OF BIRTH
CASUALTY PROVINCE
DATE OF CASUALTY
HOME OF RECORD
COUNTY OF RECORD
STATE
BRANCH OF SERVICE
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REMEMBRANCES
LEFT FOR MICHAEL JOSEPH QUEALY
POSTED ON 3.3.2012
Photo
Father Quealy preformed a marriage for Kenneth S. Carpenter, AMH-3, U.S. Navy and Anita Frances Franco on February 5th 1966 at the Fort Ord California Chapel. I think it was his second marriage he had ever preformed. He seemed more nervous than we were. I remember him saying that he was praying for the war to end because he knew that Vietnam was his next duty assignment. Ken and Anita Carpenter (Photo Credit and Commentary: Kenneth Carpenter) Rest in peace with the warriors.
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POSTED ON 3.3.2012
Remembered
POSTED ON 7.17.2011
If I should die...remembrances for CAPT. Michael Joseph QUEALY, USA...who died for our country!!!!!!
If I should die, and leave you here awhile, be not like others, sore undone, who keep long vigils by the silent dust, and weep...for MY sake, turn again to life, and smile...Nerving thy heart, and trembling hand to do something to comfort other hearts than thine...Complete these dear, unfinished tasks of mine...and I, perchnace, may therein comfort you.
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POSTED ON 4.30.2010
POSTED BY: CLAY MARSTON
IN REMEMBRANCE OF ONE OF THE HEROIC 7 CHAPLAINS LOST IN VIETNAM - CAPTAIN MICHAEL JOSEPH QUEALY
UNITED STATES ARMY
CHAPLAIN
CAPTAIN
MICHAEL JOSEPH QUEALY
who served with the
1st INFANTRY DIVISION
" THE BIG RED ONE "
was a posthumous recipient of the
SILVER STAR
PURPLE HEART
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN SERVICE MEDAL
The following article appeared in TIME magazine at his death -
“ … Assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, Captain Quaely – against the advice of senior officers at field headquarters in Dau Tieng – insisted on boarding a helicopter of medics and troop reinforcements flying to the relief of the Big Red One’s 1st Battalion, under attack in War Zone C, northwest of Saigon.
Landing at the battle site, Father Quealy hurriedly gave last rites to dying soldiers from a platoon of B Company.
Just then, a Viet Cong soldier stepped out from the brush, fired at the chaplain with a machine gun.
Within moments, Quealy was dead.
From his pocket fell his diary: the last entry of which was a passage copied out from the Gospel according to Matthew:
“So how will my heavenly Father treat you unless each of you forgives his brother with all his heart.”
R E M E M B R A N C E
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