The petty officer 2nd class sailor got a baseball scholarship to play at nearby Defiance College after high school, according to his step-grandmother Darlene Proxmire. Wallace last saw her grandson on Mother's Day weekend when he made a surprise visit to her home along with his mother and aunt. Squire Wells, who was known as Skip, was swapping text messages Thursday with his girlfriend of 2 ½ years, excited that she had booked a flight to visit him in Chattanooga after months apart. Through tears, Dove remembered her boyfriend's love of flag football and Nerf guns, his passion for U.S.