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The officer in question Palo was Kiggel, Chief of Staff to Haig and not a man one would follow anywhere except out of curiosity.

General Officer casualties for KIA were if memory serves me right about 18% with the majority being from shellfire. This is what one would expect as the Generals would be far enough forward to exercise control over their troops but not so close as to be involved in the fighting. They were where they should have been.

The radio technology at the time was not good.