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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 535-96
September 18, 1996

GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William J. Perry announced today that the President has nominated Colonel Frank A. Avallone, Army National Guard of the United States, for promotion to the grade of brigadier general, Reserve of the Army. Since October 1994, he has served as Assistant Adjutant General, Connecticut Army National Guard. Colonel Avallone was born on June 24, 1941, in New Haven, Connecticut.