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Immediate Release

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

Aug. 6, 2014

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene, 55, of Schenectady, N.Y., died Aug. 5, in Kabul, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by small arms fire. The incident is under investigation.

He was assigned to the Combined Security Transition Command, Afghanistan.

For more information, media may contact the Office of the Chief of Public Affairs of the Army during duty hours at 703-693-7589, or after duty hours at 703-944-8435.