Three U.S. Army soldiers were found dead in Lithuania following a days-long multinational effort to recover their armored vehicle from a peat bog, the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Public Affairs office announced on March 31.
The soldiers were assigned to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and were deployed as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, a U.S.-led mission supporting NATO allies.
The Army confirmed that the soldiers were permanently stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Their names are being withheld pending notification of their families.
They went missing in the early hours of March 25 while operating an M88A2 Hercules recovery vehicle during a mission to tow a disabled tactical vehicle. Their remains were discovered after the M88A2 was extracted from a submerged position in the early hours of March 31….