
Marine Cpl. Brian Prening was eulogized at St. Joseph Lutheran Church in Plymouth, Wis., on Tuesday.
Prening, 24, was killed Nov. 12 by small-arms fire south of Baghdad as his unit was attacked by more than 70 insurgents.
He had been assigned to the Marine Corps Reserve’s 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, based in Chicago.
The Rev. Craig DuBois told about 500 mourners at the funeral that they should keep Prening in mind when they contemplate their own deaths, and hope to “die instantly, without any suffering.”
“I wonder is that really the most important way to die? Isn’t the highest and the grandest way to leave this world...