The Army has identified the fourth soldier who died during a training in Lithuania as a 28-year-old man from Battle Creek.

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.

Thousands stood in respect on Vilnius' streets as hearses carried the bodies of the four soldiers to the airport before being flown to the U.S. for burial.

The M88A2 Hercules was recovered from a swamp during a recovery operation for four US Army soldiers who went missing during a training exercise.

A procession carrying the coffins of four American soldiers who died during a training exercise in Lithuania will proceed past the capital's cathedral square Thursday. Government officials and religious leaders are expected to pay their last respects before the bodies are taken to the airport to be returned to the U.

Lithuania pays tribute to four U.S. soldiers found dead after their vehicle sank in a peat bog:: April 3, 2025:: Vilnius, LithuaniaPeople lined the streets near Vilnius Cathedral to see a priest bless hearses carrying the soldiers' bodies,

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.

On Thursday, Lithuanian television network LRT aired the procession ceremony of the four U.S. soldiers who died during training in March. Members of the U.S. and Lithuanian military, along with Lithuanian citizens — many of them holding American flags — lined the streets of Vilnius to pay their respects.