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Flags to be lowered in honor of Burr Oak soldier
    
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08/27/2008
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<p>Governor Jennifer Granholm has ordered U.S. flags throughout the state to fly at half-staff this Friday to honor a southern Michigan soldier killed in Afghanistan.
<p>Army Staff Sgt. Kristopher D. Rodgers of Burr Oak died August 16 when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle.
<p>The 29-year-old was a 1998 graduate of Lakeland High School in LaGrange, Ind., said Greg Hackman of Hackman Family Funeral Homes in Sturgis, which handled the arrangements.
<p>Rodgers' survivors include his wife Selina and their 3 1/2-year-old son, Kaden.
<p>He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
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