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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on May 02, 2017, 09:02:17 am

Title: Pentagon identifies soldier killed in IED blast near Mosul, Iraq
Post by: rangerrebew on May 02, 2017, 09:02:17 am
Pentagon identifies soldier killed in IED blast near Mosul, Iraq

By: Staff report, April 30, 2017 (Photo Credit: Army)
A first lieutenant with the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team has been identified as the soldier killed Saturday in Mosul, Iraq.

First Lt. Weston Lee, 25, died from wounds he sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated during a patrol outside Mosul, according to information from the Army. The incident is under investigation, officials said.

https://www.armytimes.com/articles/pentagon-identifies-soldier-killed-in-ied-blast-near-mosul-iraq