Kentucky Governor Beshear has ordered flags at state buildings lowered to half-staff, today, Thursday, January 19, 2012 in honor of Pfc. Dustin P. Napier of London, Kentucky who died on January 8, 2012 in Zabul province, Afghanistan. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute.

Kentucky Governor Beshear has directed that flags at all state buildings be lowered to half-staff on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 in honor of Fort Knox soldier Spc. Mikayla A. Bragg of Longview, Washington who died on December 21, 2011 in Khowst province, Afghanistan. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute.

Kentucky Governor Beshear has ordered all flags at State office buildings lowered to half-staff on Thursday, November 10, 2011 in honor of Fort Campbell soldier Sergeant James M. Darrough of Austin, Texas who died on October 29, 2011 in Kabul province, Afghanistan. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute.

Kentucky Governor Beshear has directed flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Monday, October 31, 2011 in honor of Fort Knox soldier Defense Spc. Michael D. Elm of Phoenix, Arizona who died on October 14, 2011 in Khowst, Afghanistan. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute.

Kentucky Governor Beshear has ordered flags at all state office buildings lowered to half-staff on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 in honor of Fort Campbell soldier, Specialist Christopher J. Scott of Tyrone, New York who died on September 3, 2011 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute.

Kentucky Governor Beshear has ordered flags at state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Thursday, August 11, 2011 in honor of Pfc. William F. Stehlin of Dayton, Ky who went missing on November 20, 1944 near Süggerath during World War 2. In 2009 a German Citizen digging in a wooded area near Süggerath discovered the remains of two military individuals who recently were identified as a Pfc. Edward L. O’Toole and Pfc. William F. Stehlin. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute.

Kentucky Governor Beshear has ordered flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Friday, July 29 2011 in honor of Kentucky native and Fort Campbell soldier Sergeant Jeremy R. Summers of Mount Olivet, Kentucky who died July 14, 2011 in Paktika province, Afghanistan. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute

Kentucky Governor Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 in honor of Fort Knox soldier Sergeant James W. Harvey II, of Toms River, New Jersey who died on June 20, 2011 in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute.

Kentucky Governor Beshear has ordered flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Saturday, June 11, 2011 in honor of Staff Sergeant Edward D. Mills Jr. of New Castle, Pennsylvania who died on May 26, 2011 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute.

Kentucky Governor Beshear has ordered all flags at state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 in memory of Fort Campbell soldiers: Pfc. Anthony M. Nunn of Burnet, Texas who died May 30, 2011 in Paktika province, Afghanistan and Sergeant Thomas A. Bohall of Bel Aire, Kansas who died on May 26, 2011 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute.

Kentucky Governor Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 in honor of Fort Knox soldier United States Army 1st Lieutenant Demetrius M. Frison of Lancaster, Pennsylvania who died on May 10, 2011 in Khost province, Afghanistan. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute.

Kentucky Governor Beshear has ordered flags on all state office buildings lowered to half-staff on Monday, May 9, 2011 in honor of Fort Campbell soldier Spc. Sonny J. Moses of Koror, Palau who died on April 18, 2011 in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute.

Kentucky Governor Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings lowered to half-staff on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 in honor of Fort Campbell soldier Sergeant John P. Castro of Andrews, Texas who died on April 22, 2011 at Paktika province, Afghanistan. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute.

Kentucky Governor Beshear has ordered flags at all state office buildings lowered to half-staff on Friday, April 29, 2011 in honor of Fort Campbell soldier Sergeant 1st Class Charles L. Adkins of Sandusky, Ohio who died on April 16, 2011 at Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute.

Kentucky Governor Beshear has directed that flags on all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Thursday, April 28, 2011 in honor Fort Knox soldier Spc. Joseph A. Kennedy of St. Paul, Minnesota who died April 15, 2011 in Helmand province, Afghanistan. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute.

Kentucky Governor Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Monday, April 25, 2011 in honor of Fort Campbell soldier Staff Sergeant Frank E. Adamski III of Mossup, Connecticut who died on March 29, 2011 in Konar province, Afghanistan. Funeral services will be held on April 25, 2011 at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC. Governor Beshear encourages all individuals to join in this tribute.

Governor Beshear Orders Flags to Half-staff on April 22

Press Release Date: Thursday, April 21, 2011
Contact Information: Kerri Richardson
Jill Midkiff
502-564-2611

FRANKFORT, Ky.– Gov. Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Friday, April 22, 2011 in honor of a Kentucky soldier who died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

According to the Department of Defense, Pvt. Brandon T. Pickering, 21, of Fort Thomas, Ky., died April 10 in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire and a rocket propelled grenade in Wardak province, Afghanistan, April 8. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Polk, La.

Funeral services for Pvt. Pickering will be held on April 22 at 10 a.m. Eastern time at the Bank of Kentucky Center at Northern Kentucky University. Burial services will immediately follow at Alexandria Cemetery in Alexandria, Ky. Gov. Beshear encourages individuals, businesses, organizations and government agencies to join in this tribute.

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FRANKFORT, KY – Gov. Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Saturday, April 9, 2011 in honor of two Fort Campbell soldiers who died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

According to the Department of Defense, Pvt. Jeremy P. Faulkner, 23, of Griffin, Ga., died March 29 of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire in Konar province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Spc. Dustin J. Feldhaus, 20, of Glendale, Ariz., died March 29 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire in Konar province. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Kentucky Governor Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Friday, April 1, 2011 in honor of Fort Knox soldier Staff Sergeant Mecolus C. McDaniel of Fort Hood, Texas who on March 19, 2011 in Khowst province, Afghanistan.

Governor Beshear Orders Flags to Half-staff on March 24

Press Release Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Contact Information: Kerri Richardson
Jill Midkiff
502-564-2611

FRANKFORT, Ky.– Gov. Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Thursday, March 24, 2011 in honor of a Fort Campbell soldier who died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

According to the Department of Defense, Pfc. Arturo E. Rodriguez, 19, of Bellflower, Calif., died March, 12 in Paktika province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

Funeral services for Pfc. Rodriguez will be held on March 24 at 11 a.m. Central time at Nuestra Senora de la Salud de Los Enfermos in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Burial services will immediately follow at Jardines del Eden in Tonala, Jalisco, Mexico. Gov. Beshear encourages individuals, businesses, organizations and government agencies to join in this tribute.

Kentucky Governor Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Sunday, March 13, 2011 in honor of Fort Campbell soldier Spc. Brian Tabada of Las Vegas, Nevada who died February 27, 2011 in Konar province, Afghanistan. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute.

Kentucky Governor Beshear has ordered that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 in honor of Fort Campbell soldier Staff Sergeant Jerome Firtamag of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia who died in a non-combat related illness on February 24, 2011. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute.

Kentucky Governor Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Saturday, February 26, 2011 in honor of Fort Campbell soldier Spc. Jonathan A. Pilgeram of Great Falls, Montana. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute.

Kentucky Governor Beshear has ordered has directedthat flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Thursday, February 24, 2011 in honor of Fort Campbell soldier Spc. Sean R. Cutsforth of Radford, Virginia who died on December 15, 2010 at Ghazni Provice, Afghanistan. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute.

Kentucky Governor Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Monday, February 21, 2011 in honor of Donald R. Lam; a State forestry ranger who died on Thursday, February 17, 2011 from injuries sustained fighting a forest firefighter in Western Kentucky last September.  All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute.