Governor Directs Flags to be Flown at Half-Staff
March 8, 2005
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Joy Leach 287-2531
Governor Directs Flags to Be Flown at Half-Staff to Remember First Sergeant Michael D. Jones
AUGUSTA – In remembrance and honor of First Sergeant Michael D. Jones, whose memorial service will be held Wednesday in Augusta, Governor John E. Baldacci has directed that the United States flag and the State of Maine flag be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset tomorrow, Wednesday, March 9, 2005.
First Sergeant Jones died on March 3rd in Syracuse, New York of a non-combat related illness. He had just returned from duty in Iraq. First Sergeant Jones was assigned to the Maine Army National Guard’s 133rd Engineer Battalion from Belfast, Maine.
At the family’s request, the memorial service for First Sergeant Jones is closed to press. There will be no graveside ceremony.
