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Updated at 11:34 a.m., Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Flags at half-staff in honor of fallen Wahiawa soldier

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Sgt. Alexander U. Gagalac of Wahiawa will be interred tomorrow at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. He was killed in Hawijah, Iraq, earlier this month.

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U.S. and Hawai'i state flags at state, county and federal buildings throughout Hawai'i will fly at half-staff on Thursday in honor of Sgt. Alexander U. Gagalac, of Wahiawa, who was killed in Hawijah, Iraq, earlier this month.

Gagalac will be interred tomorrow at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.

Assigned to D Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Gagalac was a graduate of Leilehua High School and attended Leeward Community College. Gagalac was 28.

"Our hearts are saddened by the loss of one of our native sons," said Gov. Linda Lingle said in a news release.

"Our state and our nation are grateful for Sgt. Gagalac's service and will always remember the sacrifice he made fighting for freedom and democracy. On behalf of the people of Hawai'i, I extend my deepest condolences to Sgt. Gagalac's family and friends."

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