Sgt. Jose Duenez Jr., 25, was married and the father of a 1-year-old son. Duenez was an M1 Abrams tank system maintainer and had served more than seven years in the Army. He and three others died when their armored vehicle sank in a bog.

All four U.S. soldiers who had been at the center of a recovery mission in Lithuania for a week after their armored vehicle sank in a peat bog near the border with Belarus have been found dead, the Army said.

The Army identified three soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division who died in Lithuania following a training accident last week.

The search for a fourth soldier is ongoing in a swampy bog near Pabradė, where they were taking part in military drills.

One of the four U.S. Army soldiers killed in a training accident in Lithuania was from Joliet. Kid Rock has revealed that comedian Bill Maher’s “mind was blown” after his White House sit down with President Donald Trump.

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

A soldier from Los Angeles County is among the four killed by a training exercise in Lithuania last month. This video aired on the KTLA 5 News at 3 on April 1, 2025. Details:

One of the four U.S. soldiers killed during a training exercise in Lithuania last week is from Joliet, Illinois. The soldiers’ armored vehicle sank in an area of wetlands a week ago. A friend of Jose Duenez Jr.

The recovery of the fourth soldier ends a weeklong search for four U.S. soldiers whose armored vehicle was found submerged in a Lithuanian peat bog.