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"Although we are relieved to have found all our Dogface Soldiers, it does not make the pain of their loss any less," Maj. Gen. Christopher Norrie, 3rd Infantry Division commander, said in a statement...
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The Army has released the identity of the fourth soldier who died in a training accident in Lithuania, a day after his body was recovered during a weeklong search that took hundreds of troops and oth...
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The training exercise involving the 70-ton vehicle aimed to prepare troops for the challenges of retrieving heavy assets, like Abrams tanks, Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, and artillery getting ...
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Thousands stood in respect on Vilnius' streets as hearses carried the bodies of the four soldiers to the airport before being flown to the U.S. for burial.
Officials have released the identities of the four U.S. soldiers who were discovered dead in Lithuania after their M88 armored vehicle submerged in a swamp.
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 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 vigil on Thursday in Chicago will honor the four American soldiers who died in Lithuania, including one from Joliet, when their armored vehicle sunk in a bog.
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The bodies of three U.S. Army soldiers have been found nearly a week after they went missing in Lithuania during a training exercise, officials said.
The seven-day search operation included hundreds of U.S. and Lithuanian troops, U.S. Navy divers, and helicopters to transport search teams.
Lithuania held a farewell ceremony for the four American soldiers who died during a military exercise in March. Mourners gathered in Vilnius on April 3 for the procession before the bodies were taken to the airport and returned to the United States.