
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Friday was declared a day of mourning in Hattiesburg for the funeral of Spc. Joshua I. Bunch, who was killed in an ambush in Iraq a week earlier.
Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree ordered flags at city buildings lowered to half-staff on Wednesday.
“We plan on acknowledging his importance to Hattiesburg by flying our flags at half-staff and proclaiming a day of mourning,” the mayor said.
Bunch, 23, of Hattiesburg, died last Friday when Iraqi insurgents firing small arms and rocket-propelled grenades ambushed the Humvee in which he served as the gunner.
Bunch was killed when the Humvee overturned.
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