KENTUCKY PRESS NEWS SERVICE
Gov. Steve Beshear has directed that flags at all state office buildings
be lowered to half-staff on Wednesday in honor of a Fort Knox soldier
who died in Afghanistan.
According to the Department of Defense, Spc. Angel L. Lopez, 27, of
Parma, Ohio, died Oct. 5, in Zabul province, Afghanistan, of wounds
suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire. He
was assigned to the 201st Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Infantry
Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Knox.
Funeral services for Lopez will be held Wednesday in Cleveland, Ohio. Interment will
immediately follow at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Rittman,
Ohio.
Beshear encourages individuals, businesses, organizations and government
agencies to join in this tribute, his office said in a news release.
