the highest-ranking officer killed in combat since Vietnam
That would be General Bruno Hochmuth, USMC....in 1967 a chopper he was riding in exploded. I recall him, because he was the Commanding General of MCRD San Diego when I was doing my Boot Camp there right around now in 1966.
36 posted on 08/17/2014 11:30:58 AM PDT by ErnBatavia
(It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign, number sign, or octothorpe. ###)