WHEREAS, on April 14, 2008, Corporal Richard Nelson, a member of  Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, United States Marine Corps Reserve, died while serving his country in Iraq; and

WHEREAS,  Corporal  Richard  Nelson 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 Corporal Richard Nelson; and

WHEREAS, Corporal Richard Nelson will be laid to rest on Thursday, April 24, 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 April 24, 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 twenty-first day of April, in the year two thousand and eight.

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