Gov. Gregoire orders flags flown at half-staff - Flag lowering honors fallen soldier from Spokane

For Immediate Release: May 7, 2008

OLYMPIA � Gov. Chris Gregoire has directed that flags at all Washington state agency buildings be lowered to half-staff in memory of U. S. Army Staff Sergeant Chad A. Caldwell of Spokane who was killed in action in Mosul, Iraq.

Last year, Congress amended the U.S. Flag Code to give governors the authority to lower flags when a state resident in the military is killed in the line of duty. Other government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join in this recognition.

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