Top General Murdered in Afghanistan Was From Upstate New York!

Maj. General Harold Greene was shot and killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday.  It is alleged that he was killed when an Afghan being trained by the U.S. military opened fire on a group of coalition service personnel.  17 soldiers from several countries were wounded in the attack.  Maj. Gen. Greene was a two-star general and is the highest ranking military officer to die in a combat zone since the Vietnam War.

Greene was a native of Albany who graduated from Guilderland High School.  He was also a graduate of RPI (class of 1980).  He was promoted to the rank of major general by President Obama in 2012.

Maj. Gen. Greene was 52 years old.