Former high school football coach Vic Marsh recalls Scott A. Messer causing more than a few gray hairs because of his wild punt-return style. He would crisscross the field to try and break one for a touchdown.
"He was electrifying," Marsh said. "He would run 200 yards just to gain 10. Whenever he caught a punt you never knew where he was going. They'd just block all over the field and he would run forever. He was like, 'Coach, I was trying to break it.' That was his philosophy. He'd say, 'I was just trying to do something to help out.'"
Messer, 26, of Ashland, Ky., was killed Feb. 2 when his Humvee accidentally rolled over in Ashraf. He graduated high school in 1999 and was assigned to Fort Campbell.
"When he was at home, he talked about how much he liked being a soldier," said Joyce Messer, his mother. "He said he wanted to re-enlist at the end of his time and go back in the medical field to help the wounded."
He is survived by his wife, Jennifer, and two daughters, Hailee, 4, and Natalie, 1.
"He loved all of us, and he would do anything in the world for anybody," said James Messer, a brother.
"He was electrifying," Marsh said. "He would run 200 yards just to gain 10. Whenever he caught a punt you never knew where he was going. They'd just block all over the field and he would run forever. He was like, 'Coach, I was trying to break it.' That was his philosophy. He'd say, 'I was just trying to do something to help out.'"
Messer, 26, of Ashland, Ky., was killed Feb. 2 when his Humvee accidentally rolled over in Ashraf. He graduated high school in 1999 and was assigned to Fort Campbell.
"When he was at home, he talked about how much he liked being a soldier," said Joyce Messer, his mother. "He said he wanted to re-enlist at the end of his time and go back in the medical field to help the wounded."
He is survived by his wife, Jennifer, and two daughters, Hailee, 4, and Natalie, 1.
"He loved all of us, and he would do anything in the world for anybody," said James Messer, a brother.
Former high school football coach Vic Marsh recalls Scott A. Messer causing more than a few gray hairs because of his wild punt-return style. He would crisscross the field to try and break one for a touchdown.
"He was electrifying," Marsh said. "He would run 200 yards just to gain 10. Whenever he caught a punt you never knew where he was going. They'd just block all over the field and he would run forever. He was like, 'Coach, I was trying to break it.' That was his philosophy. He'd say, 'I was just trying to do something to help out.'"
Messer, 26, of Ashland, Ky., was killed Feb. 2 when his Humvee accidentally rolled over in Ashraf. He graduated high school in 1999 and was assigned to Fort Campbell.
"When he was at home, he talked about how much he liked being a soldier," said Joyce Messer, his mother. "He said he wanted to re-enlist at the end of his time and go back in the medical field to help the wounded."
He is survived by his wife, Jennifer, and two daughters, Hailee, 4, and Natalie, 1.
"He loved all of us, and he would do anything in the world for anybody," said James Messer, a brother.
"He was electrifying," Marsh said. "He would run 200 yards just to gain 10. Whenever he caught a punt you never knew where he was going. They'd just block all over the field and he would run forever. He was like, 'Coach, I was trying to break it.' That was his philosophy. He'd say, 'I was just trying to do something to help out.'"
Messer, 26, of Ashland, Ky., was killed Feb. 2 when his Humvee accidentally rolled over in Ashraf. He graduated high school in 1999 and was assigned to Fort Campbell.
"When he was at home, he talked about how much he liked being a soldier," said Joyce Messer, his mother. "He said he wanted to re-enlist at the end of his time and go back in the medical field to help the wounded."
He is survived by his wife, Jennifer, and two daughters, Hailee, 4, and Natalie, 1.
"He loved all of us, and he would do anything in the world for anybody," said James Messer, a brother.
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