Matter of Molinari v. Quayle

Petitioner’s husband, Francis J. Molinari, entered the United States Army in June, 1943. He was reported missing in action on January 12, 1945, and the War Department recorded the presumptive date of his death as January 13,1946. While Molinari was away on active military service he was, on June 19, 1944, appointed a fireman in the New York City Fire Department, by an order of the fire commissioner. That order stated that Molinari was assigned to the military service division of the department, * ‘ subject to a medical examination by the Fire Department Medical Board ”, the appointment to be…