Military canine handler, Sgt. Dick A. Lee Jr, 31, was killed on April 26, in Afghanistan along with his bomb-detecting dog, a German shepherd named Fibi . Sgt. Dick A. Lee Jr., had been in Afghanistan 23 days and was on his deployment’s first mission. few weeks ago to handle dogs trained to sniff for explosives. He was killed when a vehicle he was riding in encountered an improvised explosive device. He was killed while serving in Ghanzi Province, Afghanistan. Also Staff Sgt. Brandon F. Eggleston died from injuries with Sgt. Dick A. Lee Jr. who was also in the vehicle when they struck an improvised explosive device. Lee, 31, had signed up for the Army during his senior year at Keystone Heights High, aiming at a career as a military policeman when he graduated in 2000. He was 12 years into his service, he planned to stay until he could retire, then find work as a police officer. Lee was assigned to the 95th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, part of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command in Sembach, Germany. He is survived by his wife, Katherine G. Lee, and two sons, David and Joshua, in Germany and were from of Orange Park, Fla. Approximately five hundred people attended his service. Donations for the family may be made to the Sgt. Lee Memorial Fund established at Capital City Bank by the American Legion Keystone-Melrose Post 202.
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