COLUMBUS (AP) — Governor Mike DeWine has ordered flags in parts of the state lowered to half-staff to honor an Ohio soldier killed in Afghanistan.
In honor of the life and service of PFC Brandon J. Kreischer of Stryker, flags will be flown at half staff upon all public buildings and grounds in Williams County, the Ohio Statehouse, and the Rhodes and Riffe buildings today through sunset on the day of his funeral.
— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) July 31, 2019
DeWine on Wednesday ordered U.S. and Ohio flags flown at half-staff at all public buildings and grounds throughout Williams County and at the Statehouse, the Vern Riffe Center and the Rhodes State Office Tower in downtown Columbus.
The order honoring Pfc. Brandon Kreischer, of Stryker, is effective until sunset the day of his funeral. Details about when the funeral will be haven’t been announced.
The Defense Department says the 20-year-old died Monday from “wounds sustained in a combat related incident” in southern Afghanistan.
Kreischer was assigned to the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Stryker is in northwestern Ohio’s Williams County.