Harold J. Greene

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Harold J. Greene as Brigadier General

Harold "Harry" J. Greene (* 1959 in Boston , Massachusetts , † August 5, 2014 in Kabul ) was an American major general in the US Army who died in the Afghan War.

Life

Greene grew up in New York State, graduated in 1980 from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and on May 25, 1980 became Second Lieutenant of the ROTC of the pioneers in the US Army. He attended the United States Army War College , where he graduated with a Master of Strategic Studies. He was also awarded a doctorate in materials science from the University of Southern California . After a career in various administrative positions, including in Germany and Turkey , Colonel Greene became Brigadier General in December 2009 . On September 2, 2012, he was promoted to major general. In January 2014, he was transferred to Afghanistan, where he served as deputy commander of the Combined Security Transition Command.

Camp Kargha incident

During a visit by a high-ranking delegation on August 5, 2014 to the grounds of the Marshal Fahim University, a training facility of the Afghan army , the Afghan soldier Rafiqullah opened fire with an assault rifle at Camp Kargha on the group of visitors who were gathering for a briefing would have. Greene was fatally wounded and at least 17 other people, including German Brigadier General Michael Bartscher and two Afghan generals , were wounded.

Greene has been the highest-ranking US officer since the death of Lieutenant General Timothy Maude on September 11, 2001 , to be killed by an enemy attack.

family

Greene lived in Falls Church , Virginia with his wife, Susan Sue Myers, a retired Colonel and professor at the United States Army War College in Pennsylvania , and their children Amelia and Matthew, who is himself a First Lieutenant in the US Army .

Greene was posthumously honored with the Purple Heart and buried with military honors in Arlington National Cemetery on August 14, 2014 .

Web links

Commons : Harold J. Greene  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dennis Yusko: “A father remembers his son: Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene “timesunion from August 7th 2014, viewed August 7th 2014
  2. ↑ [1] US Army: Army General officer killed in Afghanistan , (English), accessed on August 11, 2014
  3. ↑ Major General Harold J. Greene - Deputy for Acquisitions and Systems Management Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington DC ( Memento August 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF). Retrieved August 14, 2014
  4. ^ [2] Daily News, accessed on August 11, 2014
  5. ^ A b Robert Kiendl: Assassin was an Afghan soldier. mdr.de, August 6, 2014, archived from the original on October 25, 2014 ; accessed on August 7, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Reuters / AP: "Two star general was shot in the back of the head after Afghan soldier hid in the bathroom preparing for sneak attack" dailymail from August 7, 2014, viewed on August 7, 2014
  7. ^ Dan Lamothe: "New details emerge about death of Maj. Gen. Harold Greene, killed in Afghanistan ” WP from August 6, 2014, viewed on August 6, 2014
  8. ↑ Jeff Schogol and Michelle Tan: "Insider Attack Victim Identified As Maj. Gen. Harold Greene “defensenews.com, Aug. 5, 2014, viewed Aug. 5, 2014
  9. ↑ [3] AP, accessed on August 11, 2012 (English)
  10. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Arlington funeral calendar  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arlingtoncemetery.mil
personal data
SURNAME Greene, Harold J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Greene, Harry (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American general
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts , United States
DATE OF DEATH 5th August 2014
Place of death Kabul , Afghanistan