Harold J. Greene
United States Army major general
Major General Harold Joseph "Harry" Greene (February 11, 1959 – August 5, 2014) was an American military man. He was a member of the United States Army.
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Birth name | Harold Joseph Greene |
Born | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | February 11, 1959
Died | August 5, 2014 Camp Qargha, Kabul, Afghanistan | (aged 55)
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Years of service | 1980–2014[1][2] |
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Unit | Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan[3] |
Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan † |
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Greene was killed after being shot by an Afghan soldier while making a routine visit to a training facility. When he died, he became the highest ranking American casualty of the War in Afghanistan. He was also the highest ranking member of the milary to die because of hostile forces since the attack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.[6] Green is the highest ranking US military person to die in combat in another country Rear Admiral Rembrandt C. Robinson was killed during the Vietnam War in May 1972.
References
change- ↑ CNN, By Michael Martinez, Catherine E. Shoichet and Jim Sciutto (5 August 2014). "Army Maj. Gen. Harold Greene killed in Afghanistan". CNN.
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Major General Harold J. Greene" (PDF). 5 August 2014. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "392F - C4ISR Breakfast - Featuring MG Harold J. Greene, USA". Archived from the original on 2014-08-05. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Condolence Statement from the Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno for the Loss of Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene". Archived from the original on 2014-08-06. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "U.S. general killed in Afghanistan was key figure in training effort". Washington Post. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
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