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Sgt. Jose Duenez Jr., 25, was identified after his body was found Monday along with Sgt. Edvin F. Franco, 25, of Glendale, California; and Pfc. Dante D. Taitano, 21, of Dededo, Guam.
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The Army has released the identity of the fourth soldier who died in a training accident in Lithuania, a day after his body was recovered during a weeklong search that took hundreds of troops and oth...
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The soldiers were conducting a mission to repair and tow a tactical vehicle on March 25 when they and their vehicle were reported missing.
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