Governors order flags lowered for fallen soldiers

Gov. Rick Snyder orders flags lowered for Army sergeant today

A casket carrying the body of Army Staff Sgt. Ergin V. Osman is carried away from a charter plane by soldiers in uniform after arriving at Bishop International Airport in Flint, Mich. on Friday, June 3, 2011. Osman, 35, formerly of Harrison Township, was killed along with five other soldiers by an improvised explosive device on May 26. He was a member of the Army's 101st Airborne Ranger Pathfinders based at Fort Campbell, Ky. Gov. Rick Snyder has ordered U.S. flags throughout Michigan to be lowered to half-staff Monday. / The Flint Journal / AP PHOTO
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Gov. Rick Snyder orders flags lowered

Fly state flags at half-staff Tuesday

By Staff reports
Augusta Gazette
Posted Jun 05, 2011 @ 05:49 PM

Topeka, Kan. —
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has ordered flags in the State of Kansas to be flown at half-staff on Tuesday, June 7. pursuant to Executive Orders 10-12, in honor of Sergeant Thomas A. Bohall, 25, of Bel Aire, who died on May 26, 2011, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Fly state flags at half-staff Tuesday