{Kentucky}...Governor Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff Wednesday, September 14, 2011 in honor of a Fort Campbell soldier who died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. According to the Department of Defense, Spc. Christopher J. Scott, 21, of Tyrone, New York, died September 3rd at Kandahar province, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. He was assigned to the 716th Military Police Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Funeral services for Spc. Scott will be held on September 14th at 4:00 P.M. Eastern time at Dundee Elementary School in Dundee, New York. Burial services will follow at Hill Side Cemetery in Dundee. Governor Beshear encourages individuals, businesses, organizations and government agencies to join in this tribute.
