Flags to be lowered Monday for Idaho Marine
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 12 years, 12 months AGO
<p>A Marine carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Lance Cpl. Kenneth E. Cochran Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Cochran, of Wilder, Idaho, died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)</p>
Flags will be lowered to half-staff from dawn to dusk Monday at all state-owned buildings in Idaho.
Governor Otter has ordered the flags lowered in honor of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kenneth Cochran, 20, from Wilder.
Cochran was killed January 15 in Afghanistan while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. He was assigned to the 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, out of Okinawa, Japan. Cochran will be laid to rest Monday at the Idaho Veterans Cemetery, Boise.
Otter and First Lady Lori Otter will be attending funeral services planned Sunday in Parma.
The Idaho Statesman reports Cochran is at least the 61st Idahoan to die since the United States launched military actions after Sept. 11, 2001.
