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A: This is why.............. September 17, 2008 LANSING - Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today ordered United States flags throughout the state of Michigan and on Michigan waters lowered in honor of two Michigan servicemen who died while on active duty in Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Flags should return to full-staff on Tuesday, September 23. Flags should be lowered on: Friday, September 19, 2008 for: Senior Chief Petty Officer John Wayne Marcum, 34 of Flushing, who died September 12 from injuries sustained while conducting combat operations in Afghanistan September 11. Officer Marcum was temporarily forward deployed from his assignment at Naval Special Warfare Development Group, Dam Neck, Virginia. Flags should return to full-staff on Saturday, September 20. Monday, September 22, 2008 for: Sgt. 1st Class Gregory A. Rodriguez, 35 of Weidman, who died September 2 from wounds suffered in Ana Kalay, Afghanistan, when his mounted patrol came under small arms fire. He was assigned to the K-9 unit of the 527th Military Police Company, 709th Military Police Battalion, 18th MP Brigade, Ansbach, Germany. Flags should return to full-staff on Tuesday, September 23.