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UNG mourns 2014 graduate who died in Iraq
Weston Lee
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Weston C. Lee
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.