HARRISBURG — Gov. Ed Rendell has ordered Pennsylvania flags flown at half-staff today at the Capitol Complex in Harrisburg and at state facilities in Luzerne County in honor of a slain soldier.

Army First Lt. Jeffrey Deprimo, 35, of Pittston died May 20 in Afghanistan. He was fatally injured when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.

Deprimo attended Seton Catholic High School and was a 1996 graduate of Marywood University in Scranton.