Ryan, Reiben and Upham are the only main characters to survive the battle, and Ryan is with Miller as he dies and hears his last words, "James... ... For the film's overall bodycount and battle summary, see the references here.

Does Tom Hanks character survive in Saving Private Ryan?

Miller was fatally wounded. Most of Miller's men had also been killed. As Reiben sought aid for his dying captain, Miller's last words to Ryan were, "James, earn this. Earn it." With those words Captain Miller passed away, the tremble in his hand finally stilled.

How realistic is Saving Private Ryan?

The story of Saving Private Ryan is overall fiction, however, the film draws inspiration from the story of an actual soldier named Fritz Niland and a U.S. war department directive called the sole-survivor directive.