Seal of the State of Connecticut

STATE OF CONNECTICUT
EXECUTIVE CHAMBERS
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT  06106

M. Jodi Rell
Governor

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 3, 2006
Contact: 
860-524-7313

Governor Rell Orders Flags to Half Staff for Marine

Who Served in Connecticut-based Unit

 

Governor M. Jodi Rell today ordered U.S. and state flags to be lowered to half staff to honor the Marine serving in a Connecticut-based reserves unit who was killed October 1 while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Anbar province, Iraq.

 

Lance Corporal Christopher B. Cosgrove III, 23, of Cedar Knolls, N.J., was assigned to Marine Forces Reserve’s 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Dover, N.J. and had later been assigned to the 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment of Plainville, Connecticut.

 

“Our thoughts and prayers are with Lance Corporal Cosgrove’s friends and family in New Jersey,” Governor Rell said. “His connection to Connecticut is strong, and each of us owes him a debt of gratitude for the ultimate sacrifice he made in defending our freedom.  Lance Corporal Cosgrove is a hero, and it is fitting that Connecticut honors his memory by lowering our flags.”

 

At the Governor’s direction, flags will remain at half staff until Lance Corporal Cosgrove has been interred. Funeral arrangements have not yet been finalized.

 

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