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I think he's saying how terrible it is to die young in a roundabout way...

Nie ist mir so klar geworden, ein wie großes Opfer der Soldatentod für einen jungen Menschen ist.

Never has it been so clear to me ... (unlike the rest of this sentence ... )

...what a big sacrife it is for a young men to die the soldiers death.

oups.. sorry for that misspelling, : sacrifice

Brilliant. Danke, Kurt.