The M88A2 Hercules was recovered from a swamp during a recovery operation for four US Army soldiers who went missing during a training exercise.
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 remains of the four American soldiers who died while training in Lithuania will return to the U.S. this week.
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.
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.
The Army has identified the fourth soldier who died during a training in Lithuania as a 28-year-old man from Battle Creek.
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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 soldier and three others had gone on a training mission in a 70-ton vehicle that sank in a bog near the border with Belarus.
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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.
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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