ST. PAUL, MN (KFGO) – Governor Mark Dayton has ordered all U.S. and Minnesota flags to be flown at half-staff at all state and federal buildings in the state, from sunrise to sunset on Saturday to honor Army Staff Sgt. Adam Thomas.
Thomas, Green Beret, attended elementary school in the St. Peter area and was a 2007 graduate of St. Olaf College in Northfield. He died on Tuesday, October 4, 2016, from injuries caused by an improvised explosive device in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. He was 31 years old.
Thomas had been deployed twice, to Iraq and Afghanistan and was previously awarded the Bronze Star and Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart Medal, among other commendations.
Staff Sgt. Thomas is survived by his wife, Mackenzie, and his parents, Dr. Will and Candace Thomas of Marshall, Minnesota.