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Harold greene biography army funeral

          The burial service for US Army Major General Harold Greene was held at Arlington National Cemetery.

        1. He was shot and killed by a uniformed Afghan soldier while inspecting a military academy in Kabul.
        2. Greene's body was flown back to the United States, arriving at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on August 7, A week later, he was buried at Arlington.
        3. Army Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene was laid to rest Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery where Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno presented the flag to his.
        4. Goodbye dad: Heartbroken family of American two-star general killed in Afghanistan kiss his casket as he is buried with honors at Arlington.

          5. Greene's body was flown back to the United States, arriving at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on August 7, A week later, he was buried at Arlington....

          MG Harold J. Greene laid to rest at Arlington

          WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug.

          15, 2014) -- Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene, the senior-most U.S. military officer to have been killed in a combat zone since the Vietnam War, was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, yesterday.

          Following the general's funeral service and eulogies by his wife, son, daughter and father at the Memorial Chapel at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, just outside the stone walls surrounding the cemetery, full military honors were rendered by The Old Guard Soldiers, who protect its grounds.

          Greene's flag-draped casket was gently lifted, then carried by eight Soldiers through the chapel doors to the awaiting caisson, led by seven sleek horses and followed by two more, of which one was saddled and ready, but riderless.

          The funeral procession began its steady march of hooves, wheels and shoes, the only sounds on the asphalt except for the occasional tune by the Army Band "Pershin