Lozada, 36, grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., and moved to Nashua with his family about 17 years ago. He joined the Army full-time in 2000. He died April 16, 2005, one of three soldiers killed by a makeshift bomb that exploded under their vehicle in Ramadi. He had been two weeks away from leaving Iraq, and wanted to get home in time for Mother's Day to see his mom and his three teenage children.