New York City ? A Brooklyn soldier on his second tour in Iraq died from a roadside bomb on the same day that his fiancee received his engagement ring in the mail, relatives said this week.

Sgt. Yevgeniy Ryndych, 24, died Wednesday in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, from injuries suffered when a roadside bomb exploded near his patrol, the Pentagon said Thursday.

“He had proposed over the phone from Iraq within the past month,” said Ivan Ryndych, 20, the soldier’s brother, at the family’s home in Staten Island. “He bought an engagement ring over the Internet, and Kim received it the same day we found out he was dead.”

Ryndych, a native of Ukraine, was about two months into his second Iraq tour. He was assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division.

The Ryndych family moved from Kiev, Ukraine, in 1998.