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N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota National Guard soldier killed in Afghanistan is being laid to rest Thursday at the Veterans Cemetery south of Mandan.

20-year-old Spc. Tyler Orgaard, of Bismarck, was killed in a roadside bomb attack along with 41-year-old Sgt. 1st Class Darren Linde, of Devils Lake. Orgaard’s father Jesse said his son wanted to be a soldier at an early age.

The two members of the Williston-based 818th Engineer Company died in southern Afghanistan on Dec. 3. A third soldier was wounded but is recovering.

Gov. Jack Dalrymple asks that flags be flown at half-staff through Thursday in honor of the fallen soldiers.