Updated at 4:11 p.m., Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Wahiawa soldier killed in Iraq to be interred Thursday
Advertiser Staff
Gov. Linda Lingle today ordered United States and Hawai'i state flags at state, county and federal buildings throughout Hawai'i to fly at half-staff on Thursday from sunrise to sunset in honor of Army Sgt. Alexander U. Gagalac of Wahiawa, who was killed in Hawijah, Iraq, on Sept. 9.Gagalac will be interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl on Thursday.
He was assigned to D Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks.
"Our state and our nation are grateful for Sgt. Gagalac's service and ... on behalf of the people of Hawai'i, I extend my deepest condolences to (his) family and friends," Lingle said in a news release issued today.
