By AP
GRAND LEDGE, MI –
A funeral service for a Lansing-area soldier killed in Afghanistan has drawn more than 500 mourners.
The Lansing State Journal reports veterans filed onto the stage of Grand Ledge High School Thursday and saluted the flag-draped casket of Army Pfc. Bradley Rappuhn. He graduated from the school in 2004.
The 24-year-old Army Ranger and another member of his unit died Aug. 8 after insurgents attacked them with an improvised explosive in Zhari Kandahar.
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm also ordered U.S. flags statewide lowered in Rappuhn's honor Thursday.
Burial follows at Fort Custer National Cemetery in Augusta.
Rappuhn enlisted in January 2009 and served as an anti-armor specialist. He was part of the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, based at Fort Benning, Ga.