September 24, 2010
September 24, 2010
LANSING - Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today ordered United States flags throughout the state of Michigan and on Michigan waters lowered for one day Tuesday, September 28, 2010, in honor of Army Specialist Deangelo B. Snow of Saginaw, Michigan, who died September 17 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Flags should be returned to full-staff Wednesday, September 29.
Spc. Snow, age 22, died from injuries suffered when insurgents attacked his vehicle with a rocket propelled grenade. He was assigned to the 526th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Spc. Snow's family has requested that flags be lowered Tuesday, September 28, the day of his funeral service at Wolverine State Baptist Headquarters in Saginaw, with burial to follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Saginaw. Visitation is scheduled for Monday, September 27, from 2-8 p.m. at Evans-Smith Funeral Home in Saginaw.
Under Section 7 of Chapter 1 of Title 4 of the United States Code, 4 USC 7, Governor Granholm, in December 2003, issued a proclamation requiring United States flags 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. Procedures for flag lowering were detailed by Governor Granholm in Executive Order 2006-10 and included in federal law under the Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-41).
When flown at half-staff or half-mast, the United States flag should be hoisted first to the peak for an instant and then lowered to the half-staff or half-mast position. The flag should again be raised to the peak before it is lowered for the day.
When a member of the armed services from Michigan is killed in action, the governor will issue a press release with information about the individual(s) and the day that has been designated for flags to be lowered in his or her honor. The information will also be posted on Governor Granholm's Website at www.michigan.gov/gov in the section titled "Spotlight."
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