choppy- in answer to your question- YES~! dying for the jewish people makes them kedoshim.
mdd- all i said was that- in spite of the possuk telling us that nodov ve-avihu died for their sins (see Baal Haturim and other meforshim) Moshe Rabbeinu called them kedoshim (bikroiva EKODESH) what is good for Moshe Rabbeinu is good for me. You can probably find other situations where people with sins die al kiddush hashem