WI State Order · Half-Staff
Flags at Half-Staff for Ralph H. Bode
September 27, 2024
Governor Tony Evers of Wisconsin signed Executive Order #241 ordering flags of the United States and Wisconsin to fly at half-staff on September 27, 2024, in honor of Staff Sgt. Ralph H. Bode, a World War II airman from Racine. Bode served as a tail gunner in the 700th Bombardment Squadron, 445th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force and was killed when his B-24H Liberator was shot down over Kassel, Germany, on September 27, 1944. His remains were identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in December 2023 and returned to Wisconsin for burial 80 years after his death.
Flag protocol
Flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin were flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Friday, September 27, 2024.
Source: evers.wi.gov