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Governor Steve Beshear's Communications Office
Governor Beshear Orders Flags to Half-staff on May 24
FRANKFORT, Ky.– Gov. Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 in honor of a Fort Knox soldier who died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
According to the Department of Defense, 1st Lt. Demetrius M. Frison (US Army), 26, of Lancaster, Pa., died May 10 in Khost province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Knox, Ky.
Funeral services for 1st Lt. Frison will be held on May 24 at 11 a.m. Eastern time at Triumph Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Pa. Burial services will immediately follow at Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Newtown, Pa. 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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