Dayton orders flags lowered to honor fallen medic
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Gov. Mark Dayton has ordered U.S. and Minnesota flags lowered to half-staff Friday to honor a Minnesota soldier killed in Iraq.
Twenty-year-old Spc. Emilio Campo Jr. will be laid to rest in his hometown of Madelia. Dayton is scheduled to attend Campo's funeral.
Campo was a 20-year-old medic who joined the U.S. Army to pursue his dream of becoming a doctor. He was one of five soldiers who died June 6 in a rocket attack.
His funeral is scheduled for 1 p.m. Friday at St. Mary's Church in Madelia.
Burial will take place at Calvary Cemetery in Madelia following the funeral.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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