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Governor Steve Beshear's Communications Office
Governor Beshear Orders Flags to Half-staff on Nov. 10
FRANKFORT, Ky.– Gov. Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 in honor of a Fort Campbell soldier who died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
According to the Department of Defense, Sgt. James M. Darrough, 38, of Austin, Texas, died Oct. 29, in Kabul province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. He was assigned to 101st Finance Company, 101st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Funeral services for Sgt. Darrough will be held on Nov. 10 at 11 a.m. Central time at Fort Campbell’s Community Chapel in Hopkinsville. Burial services will immediately follow at Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West. 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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