
Army Sgt. Shawn E. Dressler began dating Amanda Bridges after chatting with her over the Internet during his first Iraq tour.
They met in person when she flew out to see him while he was on leave. They married in Denmark on June 30, 2006, and he left for a second tour.
“He loved everybody,” she said. “If somebody ever needed help, he would never turn anybody down. He was the most selfless person I ever met. I used to send him food, and he would give it all away.”
Dressler, 22, of Santa Maria, Calif., was killed by a roadside bomb June 2 in Baghdad. He was a 2002 high school graduate and was assigned to Schweinfurt, Germany.
“Shawn was a good man, loved...