U.S. Army 1st Lt. Weston C. Lee was remembered at the University of North Georgia’s Dahlonega campus Monday as a student, cadet, rugby player and student bookstore employee who had a positive attitude and inspired others. Lee, a 2014 UNG graduate, was killed Saturday in Iraq when an improvised explosive device detonated during a patrol outside Mosul, according to a statement released by Lt. Col. Joe Buccino, public affairs officer for the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg. Lee, of Bluffton, was a paratrooper and infantry officer assigned to 1st Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division.
UNG mourns 2014 graduate who died in Iraq