Specialist Frederick Greene was a 29-year-old Army specialist assigned to units at Fort Hood. A Tennessee native, he lived in Mountain City with his wife and two young children and had joined the Army in May 2008 after graduating from Johnson County High School.

On November 5, 2009, Greene was inside the Soldier Readiness Processing Center at Fort Hood when Major and psychiatrist Nidal Hasan entered armed with a FN Five-Seven pistol and opened fire. Greene suffered about a dozen gunshot wounds; medical findings say the wounds were consistent with someone charging the shooter in an attempt to stop him. He was one of thirteen people killed and more than thirty wounded.

Greene was later honored posthumously with a Purple Heart and multiple service medals. A bridge on State Route 67 in Mountain City was named the Spc. Frederick Greene Memorial Bridge, and he was buried at Bakers Gap Cemetery in Butler, Tennessee.

If anyone knew Specialist Greene, his family, or was present at the processing center that day, can you share memories or information?