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Soldier from Md. buried at Arlington

SALISBURY, Md. (AP) - A soldier from Wicomico County who was killed in Afghanistan has been laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.

Sgt. Maj. Wardell Turner of Nanticoke was buried Monday at the cemetery outside Washington.

Turner is survived by his wife, Katherine, five children and three grandchildren. He was 48 years old.

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley ordered flags to fly at half-staff Monday in honor of Turner.

The Pentagon announced Turner was killed Nov. 24 in Kabul when a vehicle carrying an improvised explosive device attacked his vehicle. Also killed in the attack was 27-year-old Spc. Joseph Riley of Grove City, Ohio.

Army honor guards carry the coffin containing the remains of U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Wardell B. Turner, during a burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. According to the Defense Department, Sgt. Maj. Turner, 48, of Nanticoke, Md., died Nov. 24, 2014, in Kabul, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when the enemy attacked their vehicle with a vehicle borne improvised explosive device. He was assigned to Headquarters, United States Army Garrison, Fort Drum, New York. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) The Associated Press
Army honor guards march during a procession at the burial services for U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Wardell B. Turner, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. According to the Defense Department, Sgt. Maj. Turner, 48, of Nanticoke, Md., died Nov. 24, 2014, in Kabul, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when the enemy attacked their vehicle with a vehicle borne improvised explosive device. He was assigned to Headquarters, United States Army Garrison, Fort Drum, New York. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) The Associated Press
An army honor guard touches the coffin containing the remains of U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Wardell B. Turner, with an American flag to be presented to Sgt. Maj. Turner's family, during a burial services at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. According to the Defense Department, Sgt. Maj. Turner, 48, of Nanticoke, Md., died Nov. 24, 2014, in Kabul, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when the enemy attacked their vehicle with a vehicle borne improvised explosive device. He was assigned to Headquarters, United States Army Garrison, Fort Drum, New York. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) The Associated Press
An army honor guard holds the folded American flag that draped the coffin containing the remains of U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Wardell B. Turner, during a burial services at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. According to the Defense Department, Sgt. Maj. Turner, 48, of Nanticoke, Md., died Nov. 24, 2014, in Kabul, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when the enemy attacked their vehicle with a vehicle borne improvised explosive device. He was assigned to Headquarters, United States Army Garrison, Fort Drum, New York. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) The Associated Press
A caisson carries the coffin containing the remains of U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Wardell B. Turner, during a burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. According to the Defense Department, Sgt. Maj. Turner, 48, of Nanticoke, Md., died Nov. 24, 2014, in Kabul, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when the enemy attacked their vehicle with a vehicle borne improvised explosive device. He was assigned to Headquarters, United States Army Garrison, Fort Drum, New York. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) The Associated Press
Army honor guards carry the coffin containing the remains of U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Wardell B. Turner, during a burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. According to the Defense Department, Sgt. Maj. Turner, 48, of Nanticoke, Md., died Nov. 24, 2014, in Kabul, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when the enemy attacked their vehicle with a vehicle borne improvised explosive device. He was assigned to Headquarters, United States Army Garrison, Fort Drum, New York. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) The Associated Press