PLYMOUTH, N.H. (AP) – Four New Hampshire National Guardsmen have been wounded in Iraq.

The Guard says the members of the 2nd Battalion, 197th Field Artillery, were hurt when a roadside bomb exploded next to their Humvee on May 27.

Spc. Jameson Holmes of Plymouth was the most seriously hurt, suffering shrapnel wounds to his arms, shoulder and chest. He was flown to a hospital in Germany and was to be transferred to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. Also injured were Sgt. Douglas Sirois of Laconia, Pfc. Robert Fraser of Dalton and Spc. William Garneau of Whitefield. They were treated for minor wounds and returned to duty.

Capt. Gregory Heilshorn, Guard spokesman, said that so far in the war, one New Hampshire Guard member has been killed in Iraq and 20 have been injured.

Luella Holmes said her husband called his father at 4 a.m. Thursday, “and his father brought the news to me at 7 a.m.”

“At least he didn’t lose anything, and he didn’t die,” she said. “We can be pretty happy about that. He still has a lot to go through, but he’s a strong guy for sure.”

She said her husband, who works at Potter Maintenance in Holderness, and the other soldiers were preparing to return to base when the device exploded.

Sirois’ wife, Stacie, said her husband bandaged Holmes’ arms so they could get to their base for medical help.

Sirois, a Laconia Ice Co. truck drivrer, was treated for hearing and shoulder problems.

The National Guard Family Assistance program has provided Luella Holmes, a Wentworth police officer, with a round-trip ticket to visit her husband during his rehabilitation in Washington.

She said she will need to find someone to stay with the couple’s children, Ethan, 4, and Lucille, 1. The Holmes, together for five years, married just before Jameson was deployed.