OLYMPIA, Wash. - All Washington state and United States flags will be lowered at state agencies on Oct. 17 to honor the lives of four fallen soldiers who died near Joint Base Lewis-McChord last month .

Governor Bob Ferguson's office released a statement on Monday announcing that official flags will fly at half-staff on Friday until sunset in honor of the four servicemembers.

The backstory:

The soldiers were serving on active duty in the United States Army, stationed here in the Evergreen State, when a helicopter crash claimed all four lives on Sept. 17 around 9 p.m.

Of those who died, two of the servicemembers were Washington natives: 25-year-old Sergeant Donavon Scott, from Tacoma, Washington, and 23-year-old Sergeant Jadalyn Good, from Mount Vernon, Washington.

The additional tw

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