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Tweet Email Notification Sign up today to receive email half-staff notifications! Display Half Staff Notifications on your site with our Half Staff Widgets: State Widget US Flags National Widget American Flag Add the Widget to your Site! Get the Widget code HERE -- Historical State Half-Staff Notices: START: 5/9/2014 END: 5/9/2014 Flags to Half-Staff in Iowa in Observance of observance of the Iowa Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony Iowa Governor Brandstad has ordered all flags on the Capitol Complex to be flown at half-staff from 8:00am to 5:00pm on Friday, May 9, 2014 in observance of the Iowa Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute. START: 3/26/2013 END: 3/26/2013 Flags to Half Staff in Iowa in Honor of Staff Sergeant Steve Blass Iowa Governor Brandstad has ordered all flags in the state lowered to half staff on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 in honor of United States Army Staff Sergeant Steve Blass of Estherville who died in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crash in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Monday, March 11, 2013. START: 11/30/2012 END: 12/3/2012 US Flags to Half Staff in Honor of Sergeant Joseph A. Richardson November 30, 2012 - Iowa Governor Brandstad has ordered all flags in the state to be flown at half-staff from 5:00pm, Friday, November 30, 2012 until 8:00am on Monday, December 3, 2012 to honor United States Army Sergeant Joseph A. Richardson of Algona who died while on November 16, 2012 in Paktika province, Afghanistan. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute. START: 11/15/2012 END: 11/15/2012 US Flags to Half Staff in Honor of Pfc. Brandon Buttry November 15, 2012 - Iowa Governor Branstad has ordered all flags in the state of Iowa to be flown at half-staff from 8:00am until 5:00pm on Thursday, November 15, 2012 in honor of Pfc. Brandon Buttry, of Shenandoah, who died on November 5, 2012 while serving in Afghanistan. START: 10/19/2012 END: 10/19/2012 All Flags to Half Staff in Honor of Pat Ward October 19, 2012 - Iowa Governor Brandstad has ordered all flags in the State of Iowa to be flown at half mast from 8:00am until 5:00pm on Friday, October 19, 2012 in honor of State Senator Pat Ward, who passed away on Monday. START: 8/3/2012 END: 8/3/2012 Flags to Half Staff in Honor of Michael E. Ristau August 3, 2012 - Iowa Governor Branstad has ordered all flags in the State of Iowa to be flown at half-staff beginning at 5:00pm on Friday, August 3, 2012 until 8:00am on Monday, August 6, 2012 in memory of Sergeant Michael E. Ristau, originally of Cascade. Sgt. Ristau died in Afghanistan on July 13, 2012. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute. START: 7/13/2012 END: 7/13/2012 Flags to Half Staff in Honor of James Skalberg Jr. July 13, 2012 - Iowa Governor Branstad has ordered all flags in the state to be flown at half staff beginning at 5:00pm on Friday, July 13, 2012 until 8:00am on Monday, July 16, 2012 in honor of US Army Sergeant James Skalberg Jr. originally of Emerson who died on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 in Afghanistan. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute. START: 6/29/2012 END: 7/2/2012 All Flags to Half Staff in Honor of Dennis Eilers June 28, 2012 - Iowa Governor Branstad is directed all flags in the state to be flown at half-staff beginning at 5:00pm on Friday, June 29, 2012 until 8:00am on Monday, July 2, 2012 in honor of Lt. Col. Dennis Eilers, originally of Tipton. Eilers and his crew went missing when his plane was shot down in Laos in 1965. He was listed as missing in action, until his status changed to killed in action in 1977. This past April, officials positively identified the crash site when a tooth was found from a fellow crew member of Eilers’. A memorial service will be held this Saturday. START: 4/27/2012 END: 4/27/2012 US Flags to Half Staff in Iowa in Honor of Sgt. 1st Class Edris A. Viers Iowa Governor Branstad has ordered all flags in the State to be flown at half-staff on Friday, April 27, 2012 from 8:00am to 5:00pm in honor of Sgt. 1st Class Edris “Eddie” A. Viers who was last seen August 12, 1950 during the “Battle of Bloody Gulch” near Pongam-ni, South Korea. He was officially pronounced deceased on December 31, 1953, but remains were not recovered at the time. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute. START: 1/27/2012 END: 1/30/2012 US Flags to Half Staff in Iowa in Honor of Master Sgt. Travis Riddick Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has ordered all flags in Iowa be flown at half-staff from 5 p.m. Friday, January 27, 2012 until 8 a.m. Monday, January 30, 2012, in honor of Marine Corps Master Sgt. Travis Riddick, 40, formerly of Centerville, Iowa. Master Sgt. Riddick was killed in action Saturday, January 21, 2012, in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan. START: 12/2/2011 END: 12/2/2011 IA Flags to Half Staff in Honor of Zachary C. Reiff Iowa Governor Branstad has ordered all flags in Iowa to be flown at half-staff on Friday, December 2, 2011 from 8:00am until 5:00pm in honor of United States Marine Corporal Zachary C. Reiff, formerly of Preston, Iowa who died in Helmand province, Afghanistan on November 18, 2011. START: 12/2/2011 END: 12/2/2011 IA Flags to Half Staff in Honor of Zachary C. Reiff Iowa Governor Branstad has ordered all flags in Iowa to be flown at half-staff on Friday, December 2, 2011 from 8:00am until 5:00pm in honor of United States Marine Corporal Zachary C. Reiff, formerly of Preston, Iowa who died in Helmand province, Afghanistan on November 18, 2011. START: 9/23/2011 END: 9/26/2011 US Flags to Half Staff in Iowa in Honor of Michael Collins Iowa Governor Branstad has ordered all flags in Iowa be flown at half-staff from Friday, September 23, 2011 until 8:00am on Monday, September 26, 2011 in honor of volunteer firefighter Michael Collins who died on September 18, 2011 while directing traffic around a car accident and Iowa State Trooper Mark Toney who died on September 20, 2011 in a single-vehicle car accident near Indianola, Iowa. All individuals are encouraged to join in this tribute. START: 9/9/2011 END: 9/12/2011 US Flags to Half Staff in Iowa Iowa Governor Branstad has ordered all flags in Iowa to be flown at half-staff from 5:00pm on Friday, September 9, 2011 until 8:00am on Monday, September 12, 2011 in honor of Iowa service members who lost their lives while on active duty since September 11, 2001. START: 8/19/2011 END: 8/19/2011 US Flags to Half Staff in Iowa in Honor of Jon T. Tumilson Iowa Governor Branstad has ordered all flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff from 8:00am until 5:00pm on Friday, August 19, 2011 in honor of Petty Officer Jon T. Tumilson, formerly of Rockford, Iowa who died on August 6, 2011 in Afghanistan. START: 7/8/2011 END: 7/8/2011 US ...