Photo Gallery: Corp. Pryor Gobble Laid To Rest

"Sacrifice is not convenient," Rev. Stefan Sawczak told those who gathered in the Wednesday morning .

"You don't sacrifice when you feel like it. You sacrifice when you're called."

Sawczak added that Pryor -- who was killed at the age of 18 near Hagaru-ri, North Korea -- had sacrificed as much as any one man can.

"The laying down of one's life to save another life is the ultimate sacrifice, isn't it?" he said.

Pryor had been missing since Dec. 12, 1950, when he was presumed killed in action during the Korean War. .

Only a handful of people at the funeral, including his surviving siblings Glenn Gobble and Bernice Yeary, had ever met Pryor Gobble. But Sawczak noted that everyone in the country owed Pryor Gobble and those like him their thanks for their sacrifice.

"You might be strangers," Sawczak said. "But he means something to you because he represents sacrifice and freedom."

Chief Warrant Officer James Siebenaler thanked Pryor Gobble and his family at the beginning of the service.

"The creed of the U.S. fighting man and woman is leave no one behind," Siebenaler said. "Today we have kept that promise."

Siebenaler added that more than 6,000 people are still missing from the Korean War and the military will work to find them as Gobble was found.

"It is the least America can do for their sacrifice," he said.

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