There used to be an Imperial Guardsman who fought, and died, right alongside the Emperor during the final battle with Horus, but the Great Man Theory deterministic douchebags of Games Workshop continually retconned that Guardsman into further and further irrelevance because surely the only way to be brave or make a difference is to be an epic destiny supersoldier from birth plus modifications later.
There used to be an Imperial Guardsman who fought, and died, right alongside the Emperor during the final battle with Horus, but the Great Man Theory deterministic douchebags of Games Workshop continually retconned that Guardsman into further and further irrelevance because surely the only way to be brave or make a difference is to be an epic destiny supersoldier from birth plus modifications later.