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Bridge To Be Dedicated In Honor Of Fallen Soldier | Community

November 1, 2021 Dedicated Hosting News 0

PIERRE — The South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs will be hosting a State Bridge Dedication Ceremony to honor U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Gregory Wagner.

The ceremony will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, at the Hanson High School Gymnasium in Alexandria (600 Juniper St.).

The South Dakota Highway 38 bridge over the James River east of Mitchell will be dedicated to SSG Wagner.

Wagner graduated in 1989 from Hanson High School in Alexandria, and soon after enlisted in the South Dakota National Guard. His unit was deployed to Iraq in October 2005. On May 8, 2006, he died when his convoy was attacked in a Baghdad neighborhood. He was a member of the…


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Bridge near McIntosh to be dedicated May 15 in honor of LCPL Flying Horse

April 27, 2021 Dedicated Hosting News 0

The South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs will be hosting a State Bridge Dedication Ceremony to honor Combat Veteran LCPL Conrad Lee Flying Horse.

 

The ceremony will be held Saturday, May 15, 2021, at 10am (MT) at the McIntosh School football field (one mile east of McIntosh on HWY 12 and 65 Junction).

 

The HWY 12 bridge one mile east of McIntosh will be dedicated to LCPL Flying Horse, of McIntosh, who died in combat on August 27, 1970, after suffering wounds received when an explosive went off. Flying Horse was serving in the Marine Corps in South Vietnam, Quang Nam province.

 

Naming bridges in honor of our combat veterans who died while serving their country is an initiative of Governor Kristi Noem and the South Dakota Departments of Military, Transportation, and…


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