Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, not President Donald Trump, will attend the Friday dignified transfer of the four U.S. soldiers who died in Lithuania last week during a training exercise. Trump traveled to South Florida Thursday afternoon to attend the LIV golf tournament,

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.

Collins, 28, was the final soldier found deceased Tuesday in the peat bog, one week after being reported missing.

The U.S. Army soldiers went missing last week during a training exercise with Lithuanian armed forces and law enforcement.

A vigil in Chicago Thursday night honored the four soldiers, including Sgt. Jose Duenez, Jr. of Joliet, who died in Lithuania during a training exercise.

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.

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

President Donald Trump created an uproar Thursday evening after reports emerged that he would skip the dignified transfer of the four U.S. soldiers who died in Lithuania for a golf event. NBC News reported that Trump would not be present when the fallen soldiers arrive at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware after they were killed when their vehicle