Flags lowered for Colo. soldier who died in Iraq

Posted: 11.16.2009 at 9:07 AM

DENVER (AP) -- Flags on state buildings will be lowered Monday in honor of a Colorado Springs soldier who died in Iraq.

Twenty-one-year-old Spc. Jonathon M. Sylvestre died Nov. 2 in Kut, Iraq of injuries from a noncombat incident.

He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team at Fort Benning, Ga.

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