A resolution honoring the service and memory of Army Staff Sgt. Jose Duenez Jr., Army Staff Sgt. Edvin F. Franco, Army Staff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins, and Army Pfc. Dante D. Taitano of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, who died during a recovery mission in support of a regularly scheduled training exercise while serving in Lithuania.
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Latest Action · May 20, 2025
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3003; text: CR S3012)
This Senate resolution honors four U.S. Army soldiers who died in a tragic accident while serving in Lithuania as part of a NATO mission. Army Staff Sergeants Jose Duenez Jr., Edvin F. Franco, Troy S. Knutson-Collins, and Private First Class Dante D. Taitano were killed on March 31 and April 1, 2025, when their heavy recovery vehicle sank in a bog during a training exercise to repair an immobilized vehicle. The soldiers were part of a 3,500-member U.S. force deployed to Lithuania since February 2025 as part of NATO's Operation Atlantic Resolve, which aims to deter Russian aggression along NATO's eastern border. The resolution also recognizes the complex week-long recovery effort involving hundreds of personnel from the U.S., Lithuania, Poland, and Estonia, as well as the Lithuanian people's solidarity in mourning the soldiers' deaths. This is a commemorative resolution that requires no funding and establishes no new programs or timelines.
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