The three American soldiers, which were missing for six days, were found in the swamp near Lithuanian city Fabrad, where the US military confirmed that it was participating in military training.
The rescue team is still looking for the fourth soldier.
Maj Gen Christopher Norrie is a US Army Europe and Africa’s Maj Gen Christopher Norrie said, “In this tragedy, the soldiers we lost were not just a soldier, but the search was not over until everyone was at home.
Complex search and rescue missions include Lithuania and Polish troops with efforts to require the US Army, Navy, and “great resources.”
Four soldiers were missing On the morning of March 25, it is a large armored vehicle designed to recover damaged tanks and other vehicles on the battlefield while exercising at M88A2 Hercules.
When they are missing, they are doing their tasks to repair and drive fixed tactical vehicles, “the statement said.
The soldiers’ vehicles were found to have been flooded on March 26 in the swamps near the border. It was a difficult mission to take out the mud.
The US Navy divers were taken to hang the cable on the sinking vehicles, and “I had to manipulate it through thick thick mud, clay and sediment.”
Then this cable was then connected to another two M8A2 Hercules and began to slide into the swamp, and several bulldozers were called.
The US Army said it was brought by other serious construction equipment, including excavators, slurry pumps and slurry pumps and slurry pumps, and “hundreds of tons of gravel and earth”.
On Sunday, the soldiers, the military commander and the Secretary of Defense Lithuania attended the Mass in Billnius.
“Lithuania is mourning with an American state,” and President Nasum Dai Nara wrote on X.
“President Donald Trump said,” I accept my heartfelt, loved ones of those who have lost the love of Lithuanians, and everyone in America.
NATO and EU members, Lithuania, are more than 1,000 US military bases who have deployed directions for rotation.
The identity of the four soldiers assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division, the 1st Armored Brigade Team, was suspended until the next relatives were informed.
They were deployed in Lithuania as part of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Their hometown is Port Stewart, Georgia, USA.
The US Army and Lithuanian authorities are investigating the cause of the accident.
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2025-03-31 16:34:00