Frankfort, KY: Governor Ernie Fletcher has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff in memory of 1st Lt. Robert L. Henderson II. Flags will be flown at half-staff today and tomorrow. 1st Lt. Henderson was a Kentucky Army Guardsman and platoon leader in the Owensboro-based Detachment 1, 2123rd Transportation Company.

"I would like to extend my deepest sympathies to the family of 1st Lt. Robert Henderson who paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving his country in Iraq.  Our Commonwealth has truly lost one of its finest.  First Lady Glenna Fletcher and I will keep Lt. Henderson's family, and all the soldiers in Iraq, in our prayers during this difficult time.”

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