GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The fourth U.S. Army soldier who went missing in Lithuania was found dead Tuesday, the U.S. Army confirmed. The Army did not release the soldier’s name Tuesday, but his family identified him as Troy Smith Knutson-Collins, a father of five originally from the Battle Creek area.
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The four soldiers were on a tactical training exercise when they went missing March 25, the Army said.
Three of the soldiers were found dead in their armored vehicle Monday. The fourth was found Tuesday after a seven-day search that involved hundreds of rescue workers from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, Lithuanian Armed Forces, Polish Armed Forces, Estonian Armed Forces and other agencies, the Army said.
“This past week has been devastating. Today our hearts bear the weight of an unbearable pain with the loss of our final Dogface Soldier,” said Maj. Gen. Christopher Norrie in a statement. “Though we have received some closure, the world is darker without them.”
Knutson-Collins was stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia. He went into the Army in 2017 at the age of 20, his family said…