We Lost One of Our Own

Yesterday I wondered aloud why flags were at half-staff. Arch Stanton directed me towards Gov. Jimmy Doyle's Executive Order #242 for the explanation.

Staff Sgt. Christopher Frost of Waukesha died on 3 March along with seven members of the Iraqi Air Force when their Mi-17 helicopter crashed in a dust storm in Bayji. Here's a picture of him from the Air Force:



He was 24.

A list of all the men & women our state has lost to war can be found here.