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March 25, 2023 - Half-Staff Alert - Iowa

Posted by Half-Staff Alerts Staff on Mar 24, 2023

March 25, 2023 - Half-Staff Alert - Iowa

Gov. Kim Reynolds has ordered all flags in Iowa to fly at half-staff from sunrise tosunset on Saturday, March 25, 2023, to honor fallen U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class Donald Stott who was killed at Pearl Harbor during World War II. He was from Monticello, Iowa and will be buried there with military honors.

Navy Seaman 1st Class Donald Stott wasonboardthe USS Oklahoma when it was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor and capsized during multiple torpedo hits on December 7, 1941. Stott was19-years-old. Navy personnel have been identifying remains of sailors lost at Pearl Harbor.

Saturday, March 25, 2023

Services

St. Matthew Lutheran Church

Monticello, Iowa

11:00 a.m.

Interment

Oakwood Cemetery

Monticello, Iowa

Flags will be at half-staff on the State Capitol Building and on flag displays in the Capitol Complex. Flags will also be half-staff on all public buildings, grounds and facilities throughout the state.

Individuals, businesses, schools, municipalities, counties and other government subdivisions are encouraged to fly the flag at half-staff for the same length of time as a sign of respect.