Sunday, April 30, 2017

1st Lt Weston C. Lee

Yesterday's US military fatality in Iraq has been identified. 1st Lt Weston C. Lee.


  1.   2 hours ago
    1st Lieutenant Weston C. Lee of Bluffton, GA, an 82nd Airborne Division Paratrooper, was killed by an IED Sat. during a patrol in Iraq.
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  2.   43 minutes ago
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    Vale 1st Lt. Weston C. Lee. Lest We Forget...
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  3.   4 hours ago
    RIP 1st Lieutenant Weston C. Lee, 82nd Airborne Division. Thank you for your service. We are forever in your debt.
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  4.   4 hours ago
    The says the 82nd Airborne Division soldier killed by explosive in Iraq on Saturday is 1st Lt. Weston C. Lee. He was 25. RIP.
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  5.   2 hours ago
    RIP. 1LT Weston C. Lee, 25, of Bluffton, Georgia, died April 29, in Mosul, Iraq, from injuries while conducting security ops.
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  6.   32 minutes ago
    Our thoughts are with the family of 1st Lt. Weston C. Lee of Bluffton, Ga. who lost his life to an IED in Iraq:
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The US Defense Dept issued the following statement:


IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DoD Identifies Army Casualty

Press Operations
Release No: NR-154-17
April 30, 2017
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The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve.

1st Lt. Weston C. Lee, 25, of Bluffton, Georgia, died April 29, in Mosul, Iraq, from injuries while conducting security as part of advise and assist support to partnered forces. The incident is under investigation.

He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.


For more information, media may contact the 82nd Airborne Division public affairs office at 915-245-7888.



Day 193 of The Mosul Slog and many deaths to show for it but still no end in sight.



  2.   28 minutes ago
    An IED near Mosul, Iraq, has killed a U.S. Army platoon leader (U.S. Army photo)
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  3.   2 hours ago
    RIP. 1LT Weston C. Lee, 25, of Bluffton, Georgia, died April 29, in Mosul, Iraq, from injuries while conducting security ops.
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  4.   3 hours ago
    RIP LT Weston C. Lee, 25, of Bluffton, GA died Apr. 29th, outside Mosul, Iraq, IED Rest easy, brother.
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  5.   3 hours ago
    U.S. soldier killed in blast during patrol outside Mosul identified as 25-year-old Weston C. Lee
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Remember that lie that Barack ended the Iraq War?



  2.   4 hours ago
    Rest easy, LT: Pentagon identifies soldier killed Saturday in IED blast near Mosul, Iraq
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  3.   4 hours ago
    Pentagon identifies soldier killed in explosion near Mosul as 25-year-old 1st Lt. Weston C. Lee of Bluffton, Georgia
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  4.   4 hours ago
    Update: Weston C. Lee identified as US soldier killed during a patrol outside
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  5.   5 hours ago
    U.S. service member killed in Mosul blast -
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