WI State Order · Half-Staff
Flags at Half-Staff for Herbert E. McLaughlin
August 9, 2025
Governor Tony Evers signed Executive Order #271 ordering flags to fly at half-staff across Wisconsin on August 9, 2025, in honor of U.S. Army Air Forces Private Herbert E. McLaughlin, who lost his life during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. McLaughlin was killed at Hickam Field and remained unidentified for 83 years until the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency confirmed his identity in December 2024 through DNA analysis. He will be brought home to his native Shawano, Wisconsin, for a burial with full military honors.
Flag protocol
United States and Wisconsin flags shall be flown at half-staff across the state from sunrise until sunset on Saturday, August 9, 2025.
Source: evers.wi.gov