Pennyslvania Flags to fly at half-staff Sunday, August 11th through Tuesday, August 13th at the Capitol Complex and in Monroe County in honor the victims of the Saylorsburg township shooting. James LaGuardia, Gerard Kozic and David Fleetwood were all three killed when a gunman opened fire during a town meeting.
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American Flags and Hawaii Flags to fly at half-staff Thursday, August 8th in the State of Hawaii in honor of former state Rep. Ernest Heen. Rep. Heen served in the state Legislature for three terms in the 1960s and was the recipient of the Democratic Party of Hawaii 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award.
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American Flags and Michigan Flags to fly at half-staff Wednesday, August 7th through Thursday, August 8th in the State of Michigan in honor of former state Sen. David Plawecki. Plawecki served as state senator for the 12th Senate District from 1971-82, and also served as the majority floor leader. He was the youngest state senator elected in Michigan history at the age of 22. He was influential in the adoption of the state’s Open Meetings Act, Bullard-Plawecki Employee Right to Know Act, and Freedom of Information Act. Plawecki later went on to serve as deputy director of the former state Department of Labor and Economic Growth.
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American Flags and Virginia Flags to fly at half-staff Thursday, August 8th at the Capitol complex in Virginia in honor of US Army Sergeant Caryn Nouv.
Flags are also authorized for display at half-staff in the City of Newport News, the County of York, and in any other locality as deemed appropriate.
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American Flags and Montana Flags to fly at half-staff Thursday, August 8th in the State of Montana in honor of former First Lady Betty Babcock.
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American Flags and New York Flags to fly at half-staff Tuesday, August 6th in the State of New York in honor of US Army Sgt. Dominick Licari. Sgt. Licari served in World War II and was last heard from in 1944, when the A-20G Havoc Bomber on which he was a gunner crashed into a mountainside in New Guinea. He joined the United States Army Air Forces in 1942. After numerous search efforts spanning multiple decades, Sgt. Licari’s remains were recently identified by the U.S. military.
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American Flags and Arizona Flags to fly at half-staff Monday, August 5th in the State of Arizona in honor of US Army First Lieutenant Jonam Russell. First Lieutenant Russell was killed in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom when an improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted patrol. He was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, and was based at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
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Virginia Flags to fly at half-staff Friday, August 2nd through Saturday, August 3rd in the Commonwealth of Virginia in honor of former US Senator Harry Byrd Jr.
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American Flags and Iowa Flags to fly at half-staff Thursday, August 1st in the State of Iowa in honor of Col. George ‘Bud’ Day.
According to the office of the governor:
Col. George “Bud” Day, born in Iowa, dropped out of high school in 1942 to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and served in the Pacific theater. Following World War II, Day earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Morningside College and a law degree from the University of South Dakota. In 1950, Day received an officer’s commission as a 2nd Lt. in Company M, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Iowa Army National Guard in Sioux City. He transferred to the U.S. Air Force Reserve in 1951, where he completed pilot training and entered the active duty U.S. Air Force for combat in the Korean War. Day remained on active duty with the Air Force following Korea and served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. While flying a combat mission over North Vietnam, Day was shot down Aug. 26, 1967, captured by the North Vietnamese Army and spent five and a half years as a prisoner of war. Day was released from captivity in March 1973 and retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1977.
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American Flags and Colorado Flags to fly at half-staff Saturday, August 3rd in the State of Colorado in honor of US Army Spec. Rob Nichols. Army Spec. Nichols was killed in action in Afghanistan on July 23, 2013. He was assigned to B Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, GA. He received the Bronze Star and Purple Heart, both awarded posthumously.
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