Lance Corporal Adam Drane, 23, from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, of 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, was shot in Helmand province on 7 December.
His body was flown into RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire.
His parents, Desmond and Jackie Drane, said no words could describe their loss but spoke of their "tremendous pride" in their son's achievements.
After a private ceremony, a hearse carrying his Union Jack-draped coffin passed along the high street of Wootton Bassett.
One-Minute World News 
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