Flags in Vermont are flying at half-staff in honor of a
former Rhode Islander, Vermont National Guard Brig. Gen. Michael T. Heston, 58,
who died Nov. 14 from an aggressive cancer linked to his three tours of duty in
Afghanistan, one with the Rhode Island National Guard.
Flags in Vermont are flying at half-staff in honor of a
former Rhode Islander, Vermont National Guard Brig. Gen. Michael T. Heston, 58,
who died Nov. 14 from an aggressive cancer linked to his three tours of duty in
Afghanistan, one with the Rhode Island National Guard.
Heston was buried with full military honors at the Veterans
Cemetery in Randolph, Vermont, on Saturday. An order from Vermont Gov. Philip
B. Scott said flags would be flown at half-staff until sunset Monday.
Heston, the oldest son of Thomas and Dorothea Heston, grew
up in Cumberland, graduating from Cumberland High School in 1978 and from Roger
Williams College in 1982.
During his 34-year military career, he rose to the
second-highest rank in the Vermont National Guard. He was also a trooper in the
Vermont State Police for 26 years, retiring as a sergeant in 2010.
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