Lithuania releases interim report into DHL cargo crash, confirms human error

The Transport Accident and Incident Investigations Division of Lithuania’s Ministry of Justice has published an interim report regarding the safety investigation into the crash of a DHL cargo aircraft in Vilnius in late November 2024.  On November 25, 2024 …

4th Fort Stewart soldier killed in Lithuania identified

ATLANTA - The U.S. Army has officially identified the fourth soldier from Fort Stewart in Georgia killed during a tragic military accident in Lithuania, according to the Stars & Stripes. What we know: Staff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins, 28, of Battle …

Fourth dead US soldier found at Lithuania’s training ground

The body of a fourth American soldier has been recovered from a swamp in the Pabrade training ground in eastern Lithuania, the US Army Command Europe and Africa announced on the evening of April 1, LRT.lt reported on April 2. The soldier’s identity has not …

Army sergeant from Battle Creek identified as 4th to die in Lithuania

By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press The U.S. Army has identified 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 other rescue workers from …

Battle Creek soldier killed in training accident in Lithuania

The team had been on a recovery mission in an armored vehicle during a training exercise. Their disappearance sparked a week-long search for the soldiers. FORT STEWART, Ga. — One of the soldiers who went missing during a military training exercise in …

4 US Soldiers Who Died in Lithuania Swamp When Their Vehicle Sank Are Identified

The Army has identified the four soldiers who perished last week during a training exercise in Lithuania when their military vehicle became submerged in a deep swamp, triggering a complex and multinational recovery effort. The soldiers, all assigned to the …

Michigan man identified as U.S. Army soldier killed in Lithuania incident

This combination of images shows from left, Army Pfc. Dante D. Taitano, 21, of Dededo, Guam, Army Sgt. Edvin F. Franco, 25, of Glendale, Calif., Army Sgt. Jose Duenez Jr., 25, of Joliet, Ill., and Army Staff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins, 28, of Battle …

Four American Soldiers Found Dead in Lithuania After Vehicle Accident

PABRADĖ, Lithuania — Four U.S. soldiers were declared dead after their armored vehicle sank in a swamp during a military training exercise. The soldiers, part of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division, were discovered on Monday, April 1, nearly a week after the …

US Army identifies 4th soldier who died in training accident in Lithuania

Their three bodies were recovered on Monday after U.S., Polish and Lithuanian armed forces and other rescuers dug their M88 Hercules vehicle out of a peat bog at the expansive Gen. Silvestras Žukauskas training ground in the town of Pabradė, 6 miles (10 …

US Army identifies 4th soldier who died in training accident in Lithuania