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Flags lowered for Kentwood Navy SEAL
David Warsen died in Afghanistan August 16
Updated: Thursday, 30 Aug 2012, 11:14 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 30 Aug 2012, 11:14 AM EDT
GRANDVILLE, Mich. (AP) - Gov. Rick Snyder has ordered U.S. flags lowered in honor of U.S. Navy SEAL who was among 11 people killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
The order is in effect for Thursday, the same day as a funeral for 27-year-old Petty Officer David J. Warsen of Kentwood.
The service is at Mars Hill Bible Church in Grandville, near Grand Rapids.
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Warsen died Aug. 16 along with six other Americans and four Afghans when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed northeast of Kandahar.
Warsen was a special warfare operator based in California. He was an East Kentwood High School graduate.
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