[ST. PAUL, MN] – In honor and remembrance of Chief Warrant Officer Two James A. Rogers, Jr., Governor Tim Walz has ordered all United States flags and Minnesota flags to be flown at half-staff at all state and federal buildings from sunrise until sunset on Sunday, December 15, 2019.

Warrant Officer Two James A. Rogers, Jr., died tragically in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash December 5, 2019. He will be remembered in a funeral service at the Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted High School in Howard Lake, Minnesota, on December 15, 2019.

A copy of Governor Walz’s proclamation ordering flags to be flown at half-staff can be found here . Chief Warrant Officer Two Charles Nord will also be honored on the day of his interment.