Flags to be lowered in honor of former National Guard member

Rocky Mountain News

Published September 25, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.

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Gov. Bill Ritter will honor a former Colorado National Guard member - who died Friday from wounds he suffered in combat in Iraq two years ago - by ordering U.S. and state flags on government buildings lowered today.

Staff Sgt. Wesley Hunter, 28, will be interred at 10 a.m. today at Fort Logan National Cemetery.

Hunter died in Texas, where he was from. He leaves behind a wife and two children, including a 3-year-old son and a 22-month- old daughter, according to the Lubbock (Texas) Avalanche- Journal.

Hunter began his military career in the Colorado National Guard in 2001. He joined the Army in 2004.

In August 2005, he went to Iraq with the 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Drum, N.Y. In 2006, he was riding in a Humvee when the vehicle hit an improvised explosive device.

Insurgents opened fire, wounding Hunter several times, according to the Avalanche-Journal. Hunter was awarded two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star.

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