In this Chapter it is Tim O'Brien who is telling the story of the man he killed. I think all the details that O'Brien describes about the man he has killed, besides physical details, come from inner reflection during the five minutes Kiowa has given him next to the man. O'Brien cannot stop staring and is thinking of all the things the man will miss and what led up to his death. The details are him coming to terms with the fact that this man is dead, but he was probably taken out of his misery and sadness towards honor for his family which he wanted by going to war willingly, as if it were privilege.
O'Brien regrets killing this man, but he threw a grenade without thinking, for he was afraid of the man. Kiowa asks him if he would rather trade places with the man, and to think about it. It was a life or death situation. Nonetheless O'Brien can't stop thinking of the state the body is now in and of all the damage he made. Also he thinks of the man's rubber sandals that blown off as he was pulled through the air and thrown to the ground before him.
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