UPDATED Tuesday, July 7, 2009 --- 7:45 a.m.

PESHTIGO, Wis. (AP) -- Flags at Wisconsin National Guard armories, air bases and other facilities throughout the state will fly at half-staff Tuesday in honor of a Peshtigo soldier killed in Afghanistan.

The state Department of Military Affairs announced the order honoring 19-year-old Army Pvt. Steven Drees. He was injured June 24 in an attack that involved small-arms fire and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher. He died four days later.

His funeral is scheduled Tuesday at Peshtigo High School where he graduated last year.

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UPDATED Saturday, July 4, 2009 --- 2:15 p.m.

PESHTIGO, Wis. (AP) — The funeral for a Peshtigo soldier killed last week in Afghanistan will be held Tuesday at the high school where he graduated last year.

Army gunner Pvt. Steven Drees was injured June 24 in an attack that involved small-arms fire and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher. He died four days later.

The 19-year-old had been in Afghanistan only a month before he was shot.

The funeral will be at Peshtigo High School, with visitation at 10 a.m. and the funeral at 5 p.m.

Henry Drees is the soldier's 72-year-old grandfather. He says Steven was "more than willing" to be deployed but also knew there would be dangers.

Steven Drees was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division out of Fort Carson, Colo.

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Posted Monday, June 29, 2009 --- 3:10 p.m.

PESHTIGO, Wis. (AP) -- The family of a 19-year-old northern Wisconsin soldier wounded in Afghanistan says the soldier has died in Germany.

According to his family, Army gunner Steven Drees of Peshtigo was wounded last Tuesday and he died Saturday.

Drees' grandfather, Henry Drees, said Monday his grandson had been in Afghanistan about three weeks when he was shot in the head in an ambush.

He says his grandson, a twin who graduated a year ago from Peshtigo High School, had wanted to be in the military for a long time. Drees says his grandson was stationed in Fort Carson, Colo., and was a .50-caliber gunner on an Army Humvee.

Steven Drees is the ninth member of the military from Wisconsin to be killed in Afghanistan since 2004.

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