Flags to fly at half-staff for Wisconsin Marine
MADISON, Wis. -- Flags at National Guard armories, air bases and other state facilities across Wisconsin will fly at half-staff Monday in honor of a fallen Marine.
Cpl. Justin Cain, of Manitowoc, was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan on Oct. 13. The 22-year-old will be laid to rest Monday.
His funeral is private. Hundreds of people turned out Saturday for a public visitation at Lincoln High School in Manitowoc, where Cain graduated in 2007.
Gov. Jim Doyle has ordered that U.S. and Wisconsin flags be flown at half-staff at all state government buildings, grounds and military installations from sunrise through sundown Monday.
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