SACRAMENTO – On Monday Gov. Jerry Brown and First Lady Anne Gust Brown honor Pfc. Douglas J. Jeffries Jr., who bravely gave his life in service to our state and nation.

In memorial, Gov. Brown ordered that flags be flown at half-staff over the State Capitol on Monday. Pfc. Jeffries’s family will receive a letter of condolence from the governor.

Jeffries, 20, of Springville, Calif., died of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device on Thursday, Sept. 8, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, NY. Jeffries was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.