WHEREAS, on
January 8, 1968, Gunnery Sergeant Richard W. Fischer, a member of an
ambush team operating in South Vietnam, disappeared and was declared
Missing in Action and on December 8, 1978 was presumed Killed in Action;
and
WHEREAS,
Gunnery Sergeant Richard W. Fischer’s remains were recovered and
identified; and
WHEREAS,
Gunnery Sergeant Richard W. Fischer provided faithful and honorable
service to the people of the State of Wisconsin and the people of the
United States; and
WHEREAS, the
people of Wisconsin mourn the death of Gunnery Sergeant Richard W.
Fischer; and
WHEREAS,
Gunnery Sergeant Richard W. Fischer will be laid to rest on Monday,
November 19, 2007;
NOW, THEREFORE, I,
JIM DOYLE, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, by the authority
vested in me by Federal and State law, do hereby order that the flag of
the United States and the flag of the State of Wisconsin shall be flown
at half-staff at all buildings, grounds and military installations of
the State of Wisconsin equipped with such flags beginning at sunrise on
November 19, 2007, and ending at sunset on that date.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF,
I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of
Wisconsin to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in the City of
Madison this fifteenth day of November, in the year two thousand and
seven.
JIM DOYLE
Governor
By the Governor:
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DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State