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Half-Staff Flags Honor Fallen Soldier

Fort Campbell 101st Airborne Division Patch, wikimedia commons

Governor Steve Beshear has ordered all Kentucky state buildings to fly flags at half staff tomorrow in honor of a fallen Fort Campbell soldier. Twenty-year-old Shane Wilson of Kuna, Idaho, died Oct. 18 in Afghanistan. He was a private first class in the 101st Airborne Division.

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