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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 328-96
June 06, 1996

GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William J. Perry announced today that Lt. Gen. Robert L. Ord III, United States Army, will be placed on the retired list in his current grade. Ord will retire after completion of more than 34 years of service. Since November 1993, he has been serving as the commanding general, United States Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii. Ord was born on May 12, 1940, in Philadelphia, Penn.

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