Three missing US soldiers found dead after vehicle pulled from Lithuanian swamp

US army soldiers along with Lithuanian army and emergency services personnel discuss their plan to recover a US Army M88 Hercules vehicle submerged in a swamp near Pabrade, Lithuania. Photo: AP

Liudas Dapkus

Three of the US army soldiers who went missing in Lithuania have been found dead in their armoured vehicle that was pulled from a swampy area early yesterday, according to US Army Europe and Africa Command. Another soldier is still missing.

The bodies of the three soldiers were recovered after a massive six-day effort by US, Polish and Lithuanian armed forces and authorities to dig the M88 Hercules vehicle out of a peat bog at the expansive General Silvestras Zukauskas training ground in Pabrade.