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It all depends on the point of view. If your POV follows that character, then once that character is dead, there is no one left to follow. In this case, it is your duty to convey to the reader through those last few moments of life that the story is ending. You could write that end in such a way that the soldier understands in that split second that he's about to die and think of that child and his wife a lot can pass through a person's mind before they die.

If you're eager to show how they fare later on in your novel, you could set up the narrative in such a way that some other character you follow will meet with them, or follow the POV of the wife for a different angle of closure. A crazy chapter will be to follow the POV of the child and how he receives the news for better or for worse (better because he might be happy he'll rejoin his father once he dies?)
There are many opportunities and it all depends on the POV you're following at the moment.

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