Terence J. Hildner

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Birth: Feb. 20, 1962 New Haven New Haven County Connecticut, USA Death: Feb. 3, 2012, Afghanistan Brigadier General. He is the highest ranking American to die in Afghanistan to date. Brigadier General Hildner took command of 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) on Aug. 19, 2010. A 1984 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Hildner began his career as an Armor officer with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Bliss, Texas. He was reassigned in 1988 to the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in the Federal Republic of Germany. He served as the regimental training officer and subsequently commanded a ground cavalry troop. During his company command, Hildner's troop deployed with the regiment as part of the U.S. VII Corps' attack into Kuwait and Iraq during Operation Desert Storm, as well as conducting the last U.S. patrol along the East-West German border before its reunification
  • Service/branch: Army

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