WHEREAS, on January 9, 2008, Sergeant First Class Matthew Pionk, a member of the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Division, United States Army, died as a result of injuries sustained during enemy action in Iraq; and

        WHEREAS, Sergeant First Class Matthew Pionk provided faithful and honorable service to the people of the State of Wisconsin and the people of the United States; and

        WHEREAS, the people of Wisconsin mourn the death of Sergeant First Class Matthew Pionk; and

        WHEREAS, Sergeant First Class Matthew Pionk will be laid to rest on Saturday, January 19, 2008;

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIM DOYLE, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, by the authority vested in me by Federal and State law, do hereby order that the flag of the United States and the flag of the State of Wisconsin shall be flown at half-staff at all buildings, grounds and military installations of the State of Wisconsin equipped with such flags beginning at sunrise on January 19, 2008, and ending at sunset on that date.

        IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin to be affixed.  Done at the Capitol in the City of Madison this seventeenth day of January, in the year two thousand and eight.

JIM DOYLE
Governor
By the Governor:
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DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State