Executive orders will call for the flags to be lowered immediately or at sunrise on the day of remembrance until sunset, or for the entire period of mourning.

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Harms, a Grafton native, was a B-24 bomber pilot in World War II. He was killed by enemy anti-aircraft fire Aug. 1, 1943 near Ploesti, Romania while his unit was on a mission to destroy oil refineries supplying the Axis powers.

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Under the U.S Flag Code, the U.S. and respective state flag fly at half-staff when the country or state is in mourning. The president may issue a national decree, or the state governor through an executive order, to have the flags lowered at half-staff.

Decades later in 2017, Harms' remains were exhumed, then finally positively identified as his by the POW / MIA Accounting Agency. Harms was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, and Purple Heart. He will be buried with full military honors Saturday in Grafton.

In Wisconsin, all state-owned and operated facilities must display their flags at half-staff. Municipal and county governments, public and private schools, private businesses, and individuals should also lower their flags to half-staff under the governor's executive order.

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“We are glad to be able to welcome First Lieutenant Roy Coulson Harms home and that he can finally be laid to rest in his home state,” said Evers in a news release. “First Lieutenant Harms gave his life fighting for the values and freedoms we hold dear, and the state will forever remember his courageous service and sacrifice.”

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Half-mast refers to flags lowered on a ship while half-staff refers to a pole in the ground, according to the Naval History and Heritage Command’s blog. Half-staff is the preferred form of reference in presidential decrees while half-mast is used outside of the U.S.

The decree is usually to mark the death of a government official, military member or first responder; in honor of Memorial Day or other national days of remembrance; or following a national tragedy.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has ordered the U.S and Wisconsin state flags to be flown at half-staff Saturday as a "mark of respect" for Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Roy Coulson Harms, who died in World War II and whose remains were identified decades later, according to the governor's office.

His remains were not identified after his death, and initially he was buried in Ploesti. Later, he was reinterred at Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium.