The U.S. Army's J.R. Martinez was caught in a bomb explosion in Iraq in 2003 which necessitated three years of treatment and 34 minor/major operations. More well known for winning Dancing with the Stars just recently, he went on to become Grand Marshall of the 2012 Rose Parade.
Though little reported, while he was in the burning Humvee he caught a vision of his devout Salvadorean mother back in the States being given a ceremonial flag, which happens when soldiers die in battle.
Then he saw a vision of his deceased sister whom he had never met but recognized from family photos telling him, "Don't worry, mom needs you, you're going to get out of this." J.R. did and he has gone on from strength to strength as well as serving as a case history that our prayers for our young men and women in battle need not ever seem futile.