TRENTON– In honor of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John D. Linde, Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed an executive order calling for United States and New Jersey flags to fly at half-staff on Nov. 28.
Linde was born in Secaucus, and lived in Weehawken.
He volunteered for enlistment in the Army, after his graduation from Union Hill High School, Union City, where he starred as a wrestler.
Linde volunteered for re-enlistment in the Army following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the nation.
According to a release from the governor’s office, “He served with distinction as a proud member of the United States Army’s fabled 10th Mountain Division in Fort Drum, New York, and in dangerous and demanding overseas assignments in Korea, Bosnia, and Iraq; and…was a veteran soldier and an experienced non-commissioned officer.
Linde earned military honors including the Purple Heart, Army Achievement Medal, the Combat Action Badge, and the Bronze Star.
Linde was killed in the vicinity of Kirkuk, Iraq while serving as a member of the Army’s 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.
Linde was “a dedicated soldier as well as a loving husband, father, son, brother, son-in-law, and friend, whose memory lives in the hearts of his family and fellow soldiers,” Corzine stated.
The order means that both the U.S. and state flags shall be flown at half-staff at all state departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities during appropriate hours Nov. 28, “in recognition and mourning of a brave and loyal American, United States Army Staff Sergeant John D. Linde,” Corzine concluded.
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