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Governor Steve Beshear's Communications Office
Governor Beshear Orders Flags to Half-staff on April 22
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.
Flag status information is available at www.governor.ky.gov/flagstatus.htm.
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