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Soldier Dies In Afghanistan
03/06/10 MRC
Governor Steve Beshear recognized the sacrifice of a Fort Campbell soldier who died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
According to the Department of Defense, Sgt. Vincent L.C. Owens, 21, of Fort Smith, Arkansas died March 1st of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle using direct fire in Yosuf Khel, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell.
The governor will order that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on the day of Sgt. Owens’s interment for which arrangements are still pending.
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