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Gov. Mark Dayton has ordered flags flown
at half-staff at Minnesota state and federal buildings Thursday in
honor of Army Spec. Joseph Alan Kennedy of St. Paul.


      The 25-year-old Kennedy, a native of Inver Grove Heights, was
killed in combat in Afghanistan April 15.


      He graduated from Simley High School in Inver Grove Heights in
2004 and joined the Army in 2009. His unit was based out of Fort
Knox, Ky., and deployed to Afghanistan in January. He was on his
first combat tour and had aspirations of becoming an engineer in
the Green Berets. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and
Purple Heart.


      After funeral services at 10 a.m. at the Church of St. Patrick
in Inver Grove Heights, Kennedy will be buried at Fort Snelling
National Cemetery.
      

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Family, friends remember fallen Minn. soldier

Gov. Mark Dayton has ordered flags flown
at half-staff at Minnesota state and federal buildings Thursday in
honor of Army Spec. Joseph Alan Kennedy of St. Paul.


Flags to fly at half-staff for fallen MN soldier

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