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Governor Steve Beshear's Communications Office
Governor Beshear Orders Flags to Half-staff on Aug. 25
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Gov. Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 in honor of a Fort Campbell soldier who died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
According to the Department of Defense, Pfc. Benjamen G. Chisholm, 24, of Fort Worth, Texas died Aug.17 in Kunar province, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device caused a military vehicle roll-over. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Funeral services for Pfc. Chisholm will be held on Aug. 25 at 10 a.m. Central time at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Fredericksburg, Texas. Burial services will immediately follow at the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Kerrville, Texas. Gov. Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset that day.
Gov. Beshear encourages individuals, businesses, organizations and government agencies to join in this tribute.
Flag status information is available at www.governor.ky.gov/flagstatus.htm.
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