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U.S. Marines surround the casket of Lance Cpl. Curtis Swenson at his funeral services on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at Bethel Lutheran Church in Rochester, Minn. Swenson was killed in Afghanistan on April 2 when the Humvee in which he was riding hit a roadside bomb that flipped the vehicle. The 20-year-old mortarman was a 2007 Mayo High School graduate.
Jerry Olson/Rochester Post-Bulletin via AP

Gov. Tim Pawlenty has ordered that flags be flown at half-staff Saturday at all state and federal buildings in Minnesota in honor of Lance Cpl. Curtis M. Swenson, of Rochester.

Swenson was killed in Afghanistan on April 2 when the Humvee in which he was riding hit a roadside bomb that flipped the vehicle. The 20-year-old mortarman was a 2007 Mayo High School graduate.

Swenson's unit deployed to Afghanistan in November. He also served in Iraq in 2008.

Swenson's funeral is set for 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Bethel Lutheran Church in Rochester. He'll be interred with full military honors afterward at Stone Church Cemetery in Houston, Minn.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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U.S. Marines surround the casket of Lance Cpl. Curtis Swenson at his funeral services on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at Bethel Lutheran Church in Rochester, Minn. Swenson was killed in Afghanistan on April 2 when the Humvee in which he was riding hit a roadside bomb that flipped the vehicle. The 20-year-old mortarman was a 2007 Mayo High School graduate.
Jerry Olson/Rochester Post-Bulletin via AP