Back فرنسيس فنتون غريني Arabic فرنسيس فنتون جرينى ARZ Франсис Грийн Bulgarian Francis Vinton Greene German Francis Vinton Greene Portuguese Грин, Фрэнсис Винтон Russian Francis Vinton Greene Swedish
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| Born | June 27, 1850 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Died | May 15, 1921 (aged 70) New York, New York, U.S. |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Years of service | 1870–1886, 1898–1899 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Unit | 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, VIII Corps |
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| Alma mater | U.S. Military Academy |
| Relations | George S. Greene (father) Samuel Dana Greene (brother) |
| Other work | War Department attaché, Professor of Artillery at West Point, New York City Police Commissioner |
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Francis Vinton Greene (June 27, 1850 – May 15, 1921) was a United States Army officer who fought in the Spanish–American War.[1] He came from the Greene family of Rhode Island, noted for its long line of participants in American military history.
- ^ Spaulding, Thomas M. (1931). "Greene, Francis Vinton". In Johnson, Allen; Malone, Dumas (eds.). Dictionary of American Biography. Vol. 7 (Fraunces-Grimké). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 565–566. Retrieved July 19, 2018 – via Internet Archive.