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Flags Lowered In Md. In Memory Of Soldier

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has ordered that the United States and state flags be flown at half-staff in memory of a soldier killed in Afghanistan.

O'Malley ordered the flags be lowered on Friday from sunrise to sunset in memory of Army Spc. Ronald Wildrick Jr. of Woodsboro, Md.

The 30-year-old soldier was killed Dec. 11 by a roadside bomb in Kunar province.

A service was held Thursday in Woodsboro and Wildrick's remains will be buried Friday at Arlington National Cemetery.

(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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