
NASHUA, N.H. — The last call from Sgt. Angelo Lozada Jr. was a happy one: He was headed home in two weeks.
But this weekend, his family learned that Lozada, 36, was one of three soldiers killed in combat in Ramadi, Iraq.
Lozada was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, based at Camp Hovey, South Korea. Also killed Saturday were Spc. Randy L. Stevens, 21, from Swartz Creek, Mich. and Sgt. Tromaine K. Toy Sr., 24, from Eastville, Va.
“I miss him already,” said Angelo’s son, Michael, one of his three children. “I would give anything to be able to talk to my dad again.”
The final call came last Wednesday. “He told us he was coming home in two weeks. He wanted us to drive down and pick him up,” his sister, Angela, said, standing outside her parents’ Nashua home Tuesday.
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