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Flags lowered Tuesday for Sgt. Jason Calo

Aug. 30, 2010

LANSING, Mich.--By order of Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm, U.S. flags on all campuses of Western Michigan University and throughout Michigan will be lowered Tuesday, Aug. 31, in honor of Marine Sgt. Jason D. Calo, of Mancelona, Mich., who died Aug. 22 in Afghanistan's Helmand province.

Photo of flags at half-staff.Calo, age 23, died from injuries he suffered while supporting combat operations. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Calo's family has requested that flags be lowered Tuesday, the day of his funeral service at Mancelona High School.

In December 2003, Gov. Granholm issued a proclamation requiring U.S. flags to be lowered to half-staff throughout the state of Michigan and on Michigan waters to honor Michigan servicemen and servicewomen killed in the line of duty.

Michigan was among the first states to honor its fallen sons and daughters by lowering flags.

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Media contact: Tonya Durlach, (269) 387-8400, tonya.durlach@wmich.edu

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