Army Spc. Preston J. Dennis, 23, Redding; killed in explosion in Afghanistan

After surviving a tough tour in a volatile region, he was assigned to a new unit and forfeited three months at home when it deployed to Afghanistan. 'He was a squad leader, and he didn't want his guys to go without him,' his wife says. Heather Dennis first saw him rolling up to the Dutch Bros. Coffee house, his music shrieking out the car window.