Kentucky Governor Beshear Directs Flags to Remain at Half-Staff

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January 29, 2008 -- FRANKFORT, KY – Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings remain at half-staff in honor of a Fort Campbell soldier who died Jan. 26 supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.

According to the Department of Defense, Staff Sgt. Robert J. Wilson, 28, of Boynton Beach, Florida, died of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was conducting a dismounted patrol in Baghdad, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Flags will remain at half-staff until sunset on the day of the funeral, for which arrangements are pending.

Individuals, businesses, organizations and government agencies are encouraged to join in this tribute by lowering flags to half-staff.

Flags are currently at half-staff in honor of Sergeant Tracy Renee Birkman, who died Jan. 25 in Owesat, Iraq, from non-combat wounds. She was assigned to the 626th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

Source: Kentucky Governor