Another serviceman from Chicopee is killed in the war. 27-year old Staff Sgt. Daniel Newsome was known to many as a man who loved life.

The father of one, joined the army in 1998, soon after graduating from Chicopee Comprehensive High School. But on Wednesday he gave the ultimate sacrifice...his life.

He was killed in a bomb explosion in Baghdad.

Just last March he was featured in a stars and stripes article where he talked about his dangerous duty.

"He had a couple of close calls, but he didn't have any illusions, he felt it was his duty to fulfill his duty, " says his stepfather Eric Ritter.

But the call of his family was more powerful than his dedication to the army.

Newsome was half way through his second tour of duty, but he decided that he wanted to return home with his wife and baby boy.

So he planned to leave the army next April.

"He wanted to support his family, he would do anything, and then he wanted to come back home, " adds Ritter.

Although he won't be coming back home, the devoted father, friend, soldier, will never be forgotten.

"He will remember him as a hero, i will love him til the day I die, " says Newsome's wife Karen.