DENVER (AP) -- Gov. Bill Ritter has ordered that U.S. and Colorado flags be lowered to half staff in honor of a Marine from Highlands Ranch who was killed in Afghanistan.
Ritter has ordered that flags be flown at half staff Friday at state and federal facilities. Marine Cpl. Max William Donahue died last week from wounds he sustained in combat in the Helmand province.
The 23-year-old Donahue was assigned to the I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton, Calif. He was a military policeman and working dog handler who enlisted in the Marine Corps in July 2006.
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