Flags to be flown at half staff to honor soldiers killed in Afghanistan

TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff for two days this week to honor two soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

The lowered flags will honor Spc. Daniel Cox of Parsons on Monday and Sgt. Tyler Juden of Winfield on Tuesday. Both men were 23 when they died Sept. 12 in separate attacks.

Cox was killed in the Wardak Province when his unit came under attack from a roadside bomb and small arms fire.

Juden was killed when enemy forces attacked his unit with rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire near Turan, Afghanistan.

Parkinson says the thoughts and prayers of the entire state are with the men’s families, friends and communities. He added that their ‘‘bravery and sacrifice will never be forgotten.’’