NEW YORK — Ten bus-loads of Army cadets attended funeral services Monday for teammate and classmate Brandon Jackson, the sophomore cornerback remembered for his uplifting smile, quiet confidence and for a life filled with “promise and purpose.”

Hundreds gathered to mourn Jackson, killed in a single-car crash, at the Greater Allen A.M.E Cathedral in Jamaica, Queens. Among those who spoke was U.S. Military Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Robert L. Caslen.

“You will never have to worry years from now if this group of men will remember your son,” Caslen said to Jackson’s mother Morna Davis. “You may have lost Brandon but you have gained about 120 new sons. And about 4,000 cadets.”