HELENA, Mont. — Gov. Brian Schweitzer has ordered that flags be flown at half-staff Dec. 21-22 in honor of a Helena soldier who died in Iraq.
The body of Army Pvt. Daren A. Smith, 19, will arrive in Butte on Dec. 20, said Maj. Garth Scott of the Montana National Guard.
His funeral is set for 10 a.m. Dec. 22 at Wayrynen-Richards Funeral Home in Butte. It will be followed by a graveside service at 12:30 p.m. at Fort Harrison, near Helena.
Smith died last week in Baghdad of injuries that weren’t related to combat, the Department of Defense said. The death remains under investigation.
Smith was in a unit sent to Iraq from...