FORT CARSON – A soldier from Broomfield was among three from Fort Carson killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq.

The Department of Defense says the three soldiers died on February 23 after the bomb went off near their Humvee during combat operations in Ramadi on February 22.

Staff Sgt. Joshua R. Hager, 29, of Broomfield, Pfc. Travis W. Buford, 23, of Galveston, Texas, and Pfc. Rowan D. Walter, 25, of Winnetka, Calif. were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Carson.