May 08, 1959
As a mark of respect to the memory of The Honorable Donald A. Quarles, late Deputy Secretary of Defense, it is hereby ordered, pursuant to the provisions of Section 4 of Proclamation 3044 of March 1, 1954, that until interment the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff on all buildings, grounds, and naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions.
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 8, 1959.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Executive Order 10817—The Honorable Donald A. Quarles Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/306796