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 soldiers were in a vehicle that became trapped in a bog during a training mission last week. A fourth soldier was still missing.

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,

Hundreds of Lithuanians on Thursday paid their respects to four US soldiers who died when their vehicle sank in a peat bog at a military training ground in the Baltic state. Lithuanian authorities received a report last week that the soldiers had gone missing during a military drill at a training ground in the eastern city of Pabrade,

A vigil in Chicago Thursday night honored the four soldiers, including one from southwest suburban Joliet, who died in Lithuania during a training exercise.Sgt. Jose Duenez, Jr., 25 of Joliet, Illinois;

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.

Sgt. Jose Duenez Jr. of Joliet was one of four soldiers killed in a training accident last week in Lithuania. Chicago's Lithuanian community gathered downtown to honor their lives.

The four soldiers disappeared during a training exercise last week when their armored vehicle became submerged in a peat bog.