LITTLE ROCK (AP) -
Gov. Mike Beebe says U.S. and Arkansas flags will be flown at half-staff
to honor a Cabot soldier who was killed this month in Afghanistan.
Beebe proclaimed that flags will be flown at half-staff on Saturday to honor Sgt. Jason Swindle.
The Department of Defense
says 24-year-old Swindle died on Sept. 20 from injuries suffered when he
was hit by enemy small arms fire.
The governor's proclamation says Swindle has a son and another baby on the way.
Swindle was assigned to 1st
Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd
Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
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