PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. -- Residents of a Pembroke Pines neighborhood watched Juan Restrepo grow from a boy into a young man. They remember his love for music and were surprised when he became a soldier. They were even more surprised to learn of his untimely death.

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The Department of Defense said Restrepo died from his injuries in Afghanistan on Sunday after insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire.

Restrepo, 20, was an airborne combat medic, a single father who said he was working to provide for his beautiful baby girl.

He will be missed by those who knew him best. Neighbor Micki Cochran said that growing up, Restrepo was a typical teenager with dreams of becoming a musician.

"He loved music. He played in a band. Sometimes his next door neighbors wanted him to cut it out, but he was a good kid," Cochran said.

Neighbor Mark Kalinksy said he was shocked when Restrepo joined the army.

"It was a very recent thing. It was a surprise when he went into the service," Kalinsky said.

Since his deployment earlier this summer, Restrepo is the fifth soldier to die from his combat team in Afghanistan and the second South Florida soldier to die in less than a week.

On Tuesday, Sgt. First Class Michael Curry was killed in Afghanistan when a roadside bomb exploded.

Restrepo's neighbors told NBC 6's Tisha Lewis that the family's home on the 193rd block of Southwest 5th Street will never be the same.

The family moved to the United States from Colombia in search of a better life. Family members and friends now find themselves coping with a war that's hitting too close to home.

"You have these radicals that dress their 2-year-old up in these suicide bomber outfits. It's the wrong place at the wrong time. I don't think we should be there," Kalinsky said.

Meanwhile, the American Flag flies high on Restrepo's Pembroke Pines street, in honor of a hero who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Restrepo will be buried in Colombia.