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Flags at half-staff for Cpl. Barron

OLYMPIA -- Flags at state offices are lowered to half-staff on Friday, June 5, 2015, to honor Cpl. Joshua Barron of Spokane, who died in a training accident on May 17. (Jim Camden/Spokesman-Review)
OLYMPIA -- Flags at state offices are lowered to half-staff on Friday, June 5, 2015, to honor Cpl. Joshua Barron of Spokane, who died in a training accident on May 17. (Jim Camden/Spokesman-Review)

Flags at Washington state and city of Spokane offices are at half-staff today in honor of Marine Cpl. Joshua Barron who died in an aircraft crash during a training exercise in Hawaii on May 17.

Services for Barron, of Spokane, are scheduled for 1 p.m. today at the Life Center Foursquare Church, 1202 N. Government Way.

Jim Camden
Jim Camden joined The Spokesman-Review in 1981 and retired in 2021. He is currently the political and state government correspondent covering Washington state.

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