Honoring a Utah Soldier

May 16, 2007

Utah Gov. John M. Huntsman, Jr., authorized all flags, state and federal, to be flown at half-staff Thursday, May 17, in honor of Corp. Michael A. Pursel, who was killed May 6 in Baquabab, Iraq.

Corp. Pursel was a resident of Utah. Funeral services are May 17, at 11 a.m. at Myers mortuary in Layton, Utah.

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