INDIANAPOLIS (March 28, 2005) ? Governor Mitch Daniels today asked that all flags in Indiana be flown at half-staff until dusk on Friday (April 1) in honor of four Indiana National Guard soldiers who died March 26 in Afghanistan.

The four all were members of the Indianapolis-based 76th Infantry Brigade. The governor issued this statement following the deaths: ?Four brave and irreplaceable citizens have lost their lives for all of us in the noblest of causes. I ask the prayers of every Hoosier for their families as we grieve and await their return home.?

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Media contact: Jane Jankowski, 317/232-1622, jjankowski@gov.in.gov