In Afghanistan, a U.S. general and sergeant die

The U.S. Defense Department has reported these fatalities in Afghanistan:

Army Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene, 55, of Schenectady, N.Y., was killed Aug. 5 by small-arms fire in Kabul.

Army Staff Sgt. Girard D. Gass Jr., of Lumber Bridge, N.C., died Aug. 3 in Jalalabad Air Field Hospital after an incident not related to combat in Nangarhar province.

This story was originally published August 9, 2014 at 12:07 PM with the headline "In Afghanistan, a U.S. general and sergeant die."