LITTLETON, N.H. -- A New Hampshire soldier was killed in Iraq on Saturday, days after the nation reflected on the five-year anniversary of the start of the war.

Army Spc. David Stelmat, 27, and two other soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb exploded near their Humvee.

Stelmat was a medic attached to the 1132nd Military Police and was a member of the New Hampshire Army National Guard.

His mother lives in Littleton, his sisters live in California, and his father and half siblings live in Ohio.

"He wanted to stay in New Hampshire. He loved the outdoors," his father said. "He genuinely cared about people. He wanted to help people."

Stelmat's body was flown to Maryland on Sunday night where an autopsy will be conducted. He will be returned to Littleton on Tuesday.