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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