Gov. Steve Beshear has recognized today the sacrifice of a Kentucky soldier who died October 5 supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
According to the Department of Defense, Sgt. William P. Rudd, 27, of Madisonville, died of wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire while on a combat patrol in Mosul, Iraq. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.
The governor will order that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on the day of Sgt. Rudd’s interment, for which arrangements are pending.
