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Four soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Division died when their armored recovery vehicle sank into a bog during a mission near Pabrade, Lithuania.
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Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said he was proud that Lithuanians had helped as much as possible when the four soldiers were first reported missing last week.
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A vigil in Chicago Thursday night honors the four soldiers, including Sgt. Jose Duenez, Jr. of Joliet, who died in Lithuania during a training exercise.
The U.S. soldiers had been at the center of a recovery mission in Lithuania for nearly a week after their armored vehicle sank near the country's border with Belarus.
On Monday, officials revealed the identities of three U.S. soldiers who were discovered dead in Lithuania after their M88 armored vehicle submerged in a swamp.
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.
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Three of four U.S. Army soldiers were found dead in Lithuania a week after their armored vehicle sunk into a peat bog. What is a bog? What to know
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Army Times on MSNArmy IDs 3 of 4 soldiers killed in Lithuania training accidentSgt. Jose Duenez, Sgt. Edvin Franco and Pfc. Dante Taitano were recovered Monday from a peat bog. The fourth soldier's identity has not yet been released.
The 3rd Infantry Division has named the soldiers who were killed after their M88A2 Hercules armored vehicle sank into a bog March 25 during an early morning operation that sparked a nearly weeklong rescue effort.
The soldiers were in a vehicle that became trapped in a bog during a training mission last week. A fourth soldier was still missing.