Facts: - death place: new york city , new york , u.s. - caption: monument in duffy square - death date: 27 june 1932 - birth date: 2 may 1871 - name: francis p. duffy - image: fatherduffymonument crop.jpg - birth place: cobourg , ontario , canada - occupation: soldier , priest Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of francis p. duffy .
francis patrick duffy -lrb- may 2 , 1871 - june 27 , 1932 -rrb- was a canadian american soldier , roman catholic priest and military chaplain .duffy served as chaplain for the 69th infantry regiment -lrb- known as the '' fighting 69th '' -rrb- , a unit of the new york army national guard largely drawn from the city 's irish-american and immigrant population .he served in the spanish -- american war -lrb- 1898 -rrb- , but it is his service on the western front in france during world war i -lrb- 1917-1918 -rrb- for which he is best known .duffy , who typically was involved in combat and accompanied litter bearers into the thick of battle to recover wounded soldiers , became the most highly decorated cleric in the history of the united states army .duffy square -- the northern half of new york city 's times square between 45th and 47th streets -- is named in his honour .