AP -- GREENVILLE — A father of four on his third tour of duty in Iraq has been killed, the soldier’s wife said.

Sgt. Adrian J. Lewis, 30, of Mauldin died Wednesday, Amanda Lewis told The Greenville News on Saturday.

“This is so devastating,” she said. “He was more than my husband. He was my friend.”

Adrian Lewis died in Ramadi of wounds suffered when his unit fought enemy forces using small arms fire during combat operations, according to a news release from the Defense Department.

Lewis was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Ga.

Sonji Adams, the soldier’s aunt, said she was with Amanda Lewis when the military came to tell the family he had died.

“She said she didn’t believe it,” Adams said. “She said she wouldn’t believe it until she saw his body.”

Amanda Lewis said her husband’s two previous tours of duty each lasted a year. He left Jan. 15 and was due home for two weeks’ leave in July, she said.

“We were going to go on a cruise,” she said. “Neither of us had ever been on one.”