US Army Identifies 4th Soldier Who Died in Lithuania Training Accident

The soldiers went missing during a training recovery mission 6 miles from the Belarus border.

Military personnel search the site of a rescue operation for missing U.S. soldiers at Pabrade training ground, in Lithuania, on March 28, 2025. Petras Malukas/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Army has identified Staff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins, 28, of Battle Creek, Michigan, as the fourth soldier who died in a training accident in Lithuania.

Knutson-Collins’s body was recovered Tuesday after a weeklong search involving hundreds of military personnel and rescue workers from three countries, according to an Army statement on Wednesday.