Governor Walz Orders Flags Flown at Half-Staff in Honor of Warrant Officer Candidate Kort M. Plantenberg

Statement

In honor and remembrance of Warrant Officer Candidate Kort Miller Plantenberg, Governor Tim Walz has ordered all United States flags and Minnesota flags to be flown at half-staff at all state and federal buildings from sunrise until sunset on Thursday, December 12, 2019.

Warrant Officer Candidate Kort M. Plantenberg died tragically in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash on December 5, 2019. He will be remembered in a funeral mass at Saint John's Abbey Church in Collegeville, Minnesota, on December 12, 2019.

A copy of Governor Walz's proclamation ordering flags to be flown at half-staff can be found here . Chief Warrant Officer Two Charles Nord and Chief Warrant Officer Two James Rogers will also be honored on the day of their interment.

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