THE ASSOCIATED PRESS -- PORTLAND -- Another Fort Lewis soldier has died in Iraq, family members said yesterday.

Nainoa K. Hoe, 27, was shot and killed by a sniper last weekend as he led a foot patrol through Mosul, said his wife of seven months, Emily Hoe, a Western Oregon University business student whose parents live in Newberg, Ore.

Nainoa Hoe was originally from Kailua, Hawaii, a Honolulu suburb, and graduated with a master's degree in business administration from the University of Hawaii, said his mother-in-law, Sharon Vo.

A first lieutenant in the Army, Hoe was stationed at Fort Lewis, but hoped someday to join the FBI, his mother-in-law said.

Hours before his death, Nainoa Hoe e-mailed his wife to tell her that he'd be home on leave in February, Vo said.

"We think he had that joy in his heart," she said.

Nainoa and Emily Hoe married in June in a sunset ceremony on a Hawaiian beach attended only by their families, Vo said, The two planned a formal reception for next fall, when Nainoa Hoe was due to return from Iraq, she said.

"He was a wonderful man. She fell in love with him immediately," Vo said of her daughter.

"She has a notebook here with all his awards. He was a top soldier. He had done so much, it's unbelievable. Now she is 21 and a widow."

A memorial service is planned at Fort Lewis, Vo said.

"He was following his duty; that was what he was doing," she said. "We support the troops a thousand percent."