Tag: Colorado National Guard

For three generations, one topic was out of bounds for the Petrucci family. Ludlow.

Across the state, flags flew at half staff by order of the governor to honor a Highlands Ranch man who died last week while serving in the National Guard in Afghanistan and was buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver on Friday. Sgt. Jonnie Stiles, 38, was killed on Nov. 13 when a bomb exploded near his vehicle during a patrol in Jalalabad.

Soldiers from as far away as Georgia were stationed in Denver during the Democratic National Convention according to new information released by military officials.