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Governor Steve Beshear's Communications Office
Governor Beshear Orders Flags to Half-staff on June 8
FRANKFORT, Ky.– Gov. Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff on June 8, 2011, in honor of a Fort Campbell soldier who died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
According to the Department of Defense, Sgt. Thomas A. Bohall, 25, of Bel Aire, Kansas died May 26 of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Funeral services for Sgt. Bohall will be June 8 at 12:30 p.m. Central time at the Cornerstone Worship Center in San Antonio, Texas. Burial services will immediately follow at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio. 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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