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.
A U.S. armored vehicle that went missing in a swamp Lithuania has been retrieved from a swamp after a six-day search but there's no word on the four American soldiers in it, Lithuanian officials say.
Lithuania’s defense ministry says the missing armored recovery vehicle crewed by four Fort Stewart soldiers has been pulled out of a bog.
The recovery operation for the bodies and the M88 was an intricate and arduous weeklong process, enlisting the expertise of roughly 200 personnel from the U.S., Polish, Estonian and Lithuanian armed forces.
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 remains of the four American soldiers who died while training in Lithuania will return to the U.S. this week.
Three U.S. Army soldiers were declared dead on Monday after search and recovery crews retrieved a M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicle.
A specialized U.S. Navy dive team and a Polish engineering team joined the search for four missing U.S. Army soldiers whose armored vehicle sank in a Lithuanian peat bog on Tuesday.
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The search for four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing during a scheduled training exercise near PabradÄ—, Lithuania, has shifted from rescue to recovery mission.