4th missing U.S. soldier found dead in Lithuania
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The incident is being investigated by the Army and Lithuanian authorities.
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Lithuania’s political and religious leaders joined thousands of people on Thursday to bid farewell to four American soldiers who died during a training exercise in the Baltic nation.
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The M88A2 Hercules was recovered from a swamp during a recovery operation for four US Army soldiers who went missing during a training exercise.
Staff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins, 28, was the final soldier recovered from an M88A2 Hercules recovery vehicle that sank in a Lithuanian swamp on March 25. Hundreds of U.S. and Lithuanian soldiers, sailors and civilians worked around the clock to retrieve the four missing in the crash.
A vigil in Chicago Thursday night honored the four soldiers, including Sgt. Jose Duenez, Jr. of Joliet, who died in Lithuania during a training exercise.
The four soldiers disappeared during a training exercise last week when their armored vehicle became submerged in a peat bog.
The fourth and final missing U.S. soldier whose armored vehicle sank in a swamp in Lithuania last week was found deceased Tuesday, military officials say.
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Three of the U.S. Army soldiers who went missing in Lithuania have been found dead in their armored vehicle that was pulled from a swampy area.
The Army released the identities of the three soldiers recovered Monday: Sgt. Jose Duenez Jr., of Joliet, Illinois; Sgt. Edvin F. Franco, of Glendale, California; and Pfc. Dante D. Taitano, of Dededo,
The soldier and three others had gone on a training mission in a 70-ton vehicle that sank in a bog near the border with Belarus.