 KLFY.COM -- The most recent deadly attack in Iraq has claimed the life of an Acadiana soldier.
 22-year-old Lionel Ayro of Jeanerette died when a suicide bomber walked into a mess hall in Mosul and blew himself up, taking the lives of 22 people and leaving more than 70 wounded.
Ayro's family learned of his death Wednesday morning. TV 10 spoke with his family Thursday.
Ayro's mother, Catherine, learned of her son's death when military staff knocked at her door. But, she says she already had an idea after seeing the attack on the news.
"Fir st thing I said was, 'Lord that's my son...'"
Ayro was deployed to Iraq four months ago. His mother says he joined the Army in November of 2002 in hopes of going to college and starting his own business.
"He wanted to go on, try to make something of himself and open his own trucking business," says Ayro's mother.
You see, 18-wheelers fascinated him. In fact, he had a big collection. Ayro was a hard worker. His grandmother remembers him at the age of 15 when he began working in the sugar cane fields.
She says, "He would wait for the sugar cane truck to come to the sugar mill to bring sugar cane and catch a ride to the field and work until 7pm..."
As Ayro grew up, he spent much time praying for loved ones at the cemetery. His grandmother says she felt something was wrong when he took her along before he left for Iraq.
"When he knelt down there, I had a feeling I wasn't going to see him anymore. I had that feeling..."
The bereaved mother is convinced our job overseas is done.
"It's time for them to come home. They did their share and now it's time for them to come home..."
Ayro is survived by his grandmother, mother and three sisters.
Funeral arrangements have not been made at this time. | 
Colby C. Landry