Governor Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags in Johnson and Morgan Counties to be flown at half-staff to honor the life of Staff Sergeant Andrew Michael St. John.

Flags should be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, August 24.

Gov. Holcomb also asks businesses and residents in Johnson and Morgan Counties to lower their flags to half-staff to honor Staff Sergeant Andrew Michael St. John.

Staff Sgt. St. John died Thursday, Aug. 15 in a tactical vehicle accident.

According to a release from the Indiana National Guard, Staff Sgt. Andrew Michael St. John, 29, was serving as an embedded observer controller/trainer with Army National Guard Operations Group Wolf when he died.

St. John was an infantryman with Company B, 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment, Indiana Army National Guard.