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Flags lowered for Mich. Afghanistan casualty

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Jennifer Granholm has ordered U.S. flags be flown at half-staff Monday to honor a Navy SEAL from Macomb County killed in fighting in Afghanistan.

Chief Petty Officer Jason Freiwald of Armada was injured Sept. 11 and died the next day. The 30-year-old is being buried Monday at Arlington National Cemetery.

Freiwald was part of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, based at Dam Neck, Va. He was born in Utica and graduated from Armada Senior High School before enlisting in the Navy.