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Flags Flown At Half-Staff To Honor Soldier From Thornton

DENVER (AP/CBS4) — Gov. John Hickenlooper ordered that flags be lowered to half-staff Monday in honor of a 21-year-old Thornton soldier who was killed in Afghanistan.

Fort Carson officials say Pfc. Jacob H. Wykstra was killed in a helicopter crash in Kandahar Province on May 28. He was an infantryman assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.

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An image from the funeral on Monday (credit: CBS)

Wykstra, whose funeral was held in Northglenn on Monday, joined the Army last year and was deployed to Afghanistan in January.

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