All Star Flags Flag Half-Staff Announcements | All Star Flags - Part 8

American Flags and Kentucky Flags to fly at half-staff Saturday, February 22nd in honor of US Army Specialist Christopher Landis. Spc. Landis died from injuries sustained when his patrol was attacked by a rocket grenade while serving as part of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Landis enlisted in 2011 and was a cryptologic linguist. His awards include: the Purple Heart, the Army Commendation Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Campaign Star, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Overseas Service Ribbon, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Medal, the Combat Action Badge, and the Parachutist Badge.
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American Flags and Kansas Flags to fly at half-staff beginning Tuesday, February 18th in honor of Mike Peterson. State Representative Mike Peterson served the 32nd House district in the Kansas House of Representative from 1979-1990 and again from 2005-present. Flags will remain at half-staff through the day of interment, the details of which are not yet known.
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UPDATE: Flags to go back to full staff on Sunday, February 23rd.

American Flags and Illinois Flags to fly at half-staff Wednesday, February 19th through Friday, February 21st in honor of Michael Holmes. Mr. Holmes was a Department of Transportation employee who was killed last week when he was struck by a vehicle while he had stopped and momentarily gotten out of the snowplow he was driving.
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Virginia Flags to fly at half-staff Monday, February 17th at the Capitol complex in Virginia in honor of Waynesboro Police Aux. Captain Kevin Quick.

Flags are also authorized for display at half-staff in the City of Waynesboro and in any other locality as deemed appropriate.

Quick disappeared Friday, Jan. 31, after he left his mother’s home and was going to see the mother of his daughter. Police believe this was a random crime with robbery as the primary motive. Investigators discovered Quick’s body Thursday off Old Columbia Road in Goochland County, near the Fluvanna County line. Authorities are still investigating the crime.
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Wyoming Flags to fly at half-staff Monday, February 17th in Crook County, Wyoming in honor of Circuit Court Judge Fred Dollison. Dollison served in the US Navy from 1967 to 1973. He graduated from law school in 1980 and served in private practice with various law firms. In 2002 he was appointed as the first Circuit Court Judge in Crook County, Wyoming. A year later in 2003, he became the Circuit Court Judge in Weston County, Wyoming.
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Arkansas Flags to fly at half-staff Saturday, February 15th in honor of Arkansas Forestry Commission Pilot Jacob (Jake) Harrell. Harrell died in a plane crash while flying over South Central Arkansas scouting for wildfires. Harrell began flying for the Arkansas Forestry Commission in 2005. He also served as a maintenance crew member in the Arkansas Air National Guard’s 188th Fighter Wing. Harrell served on deployment to Iraq in 2005 and Afghanistan in 2010 and again in 2012. In 2012, Harrell joined the North Little Rock Police Department.
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American Flags and New York Flags to fly at half-staff Friday, February 14th in the State of New York in honor of US Army Private 1st Class Joshua Gray. Pfc. Gray died in a non-combat incident while serving in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. He was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York.
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American Flags and Massachusetts Flags to fly at half-staff Wednesday, February 12th in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in honor of US Army Sergeant Myrnairis Cepeda. Sgt. Cepeda was killed when she was struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run accident in Oklahoma. She had served in Iraq, Japan and Turkey during her time in the service.
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American Flags and Hawaii Flags to fly at half-staff Friday, February 7th in Hawaii in honor of US Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Edward Balli. CWO2 Balli was killed during an insurgent attach in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. He was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2d Cavalry Regiment. CWO2 Balli’s awards include: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, Afghanistan and Iraq Campaign Medals and Combat Action Badge.
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American Flags and Washington State Flags to fly at half-staff Sunday, February 9th in honor of US Air Force Captain Christopher Stover. Captain Stover died when the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter he was piloting crashed while performing training missions. He was currently deployed in England and had previously done tours in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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